mormond hill underground

p.async = 'async'; Its peak is 769 feet (234 m). Tropo-scatter is always present to some degree just about everywhere. google_ad_type = 'text'; Also, the curious wooden building in the foreground behind the two gentlemen has long gone. ACE High NATO Communications System. The site is said to be used by the Army, and shared with British Telecom, who still operate tropospheric scatter links to the North Sea oil platforms. On south west side of the hill is the outline of a White Horse, a war memorial formed from white quartz set into trenches cut into the turf, created by the tenants of the Strichen estate between 1820 and 1821. Type Length - miles Publisher. Mormond Hill NATO Base Scotland 1986 Mormond Hill is a large hill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland not far from Fraserburgh. South of the Duncansby Head lighthouse, in a square, wire-fenced enclosure, is a Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post. Built to a standard pattern throughout the UK during the Cold War, these bunkers housed three observers who were trained to measure and report the power and location of nuclear detonations in their areas. Community Content. I went down underground to see where it was proposed to be built, there was room for it, but expensive and difficult to construct due to no easy access for materials and equipment I should imagine. The Operational Readiness Platform, where four aircraft would be parked, fuelled and armed, ready to depart at very short notice, can be seen in this image at the eastern end of the runway. Mormond Hill and its antennae. Select Brand . Reports; Images; Videos; Map; Written by Nick Catford/Andy Emmerson on 09 January 2004. It contained large satellite and radar dishes and an underground complex. , "Stop Spam Harvesters, Join Project Honey Pot", //,