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Site Name: Truleigh Hill R2 CHEL Rotar Radar Station

Truleigh Hill was a Chain Home Extra Low (CHEL) site built in 1952 to replace the Chain Home Low Radar station built at the site in 1939. It was a R2 single level operations room serving a single Type 14 radar system.

The station was decomissioned in 1958 and sold to a private buyer in 1965. Although the bunker is presently unused the site provides a home for Police, Ambulance and Fire Service communications as well as those of some private organisations. The site is secure and underground visits are not permitted..

Further reading including an underground photographic tour:

An Outline History of the Radar and Radio Installations at Truleigh Hill by Sqn Ldr T Howard Toon - This web site has now closed and Sqn Ldr Toon is preparing a replacement web site which should be on line by Christmas 2005.

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