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    Arrow RAF Prestatyn CHEL R11 Rotor Station - March 09.

    High on a hill over this lovely Welsh town lay the discarded remains of RAF Prestatyn. The site consists of modern comms masts for BT and the North Wales Police and the remains of the old ROTOR station built there in 1953 and then closed again a few years later in 1958. By this time, the ROTOR 3 plan had been scrapped.

    The HUGE R11 operations block is sealed solid and I MEAN solid. It is/was used by the local gun club and is as well protected as you would expect a bunker to be. The R11 ROTOR bunkers were basically an R1 (like Bempton) bunker but built as a super strong surface building. Other remains include the standby house which is now a cowshed and a Type 14 Radar building and mount.

    Most hate these old Cold War sites but I love them so you will keep seeing them appear, sorry LOL More on Subbrit HERE

    The lovely view from the top of the Type 14 radar building.



    Standby House come Cowshed


    R11 Operations block, sealed up but empty by all accounts.




    Last edited by Tankman; 26-08-2011 at 10:24 PM.

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