WW2 airborne-sonar dish
United Kingdom /
England /
Lyminge /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Lyminge
World / United Kingdom / England
abandoned / shut down, closed / former military
Concrete dish and bunker used experimentally in WW2 for detecting approaching aircraft by their engine noise.
www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/soundmirrors/locations/hythe/
www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/soundmirrors/locations/hythe/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_mirror
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°4'10"N 1°2'52"E
- Former USAAF Sudbury. Station 174 113 km
- Former RAF Stradishall 125 km
- Former RAF Wratting Common 127 km
- former RAF Shepherds Grove 141 km
- former RAF Oakington 152 km
- Airbase 103 Cambrai 174 km
- Former Valkenburg Naval Aviation 262 km
- Gilze Rijen Air Base 274 km
- Reims Air Base 288 km
- Suippes Military Camp 321 km
- Hythe Ranges 1.4 km
- Roman Shore Fort 1.9 km
- Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, Kent 8.9 km
- Romney Marsh Nature Reserve 10 km
- Littlestone Golf Club 10 km
- Romney Marsh 11 km
- Runway 03/21 15 km
- Lydd Airport 15 km
- Lydd Golf Club 15 km
- Kent 26 km