Summary
The Standby Set House was an essential component of the CD/CHL radar station, as it
provided an emergency power supply for the TxRx block.
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Monument Types
- RADAR STATION (Mid 20th C - 1941 AD to 1944 AD)
Description
The Standby Set House was an essential component of the CD/CHL radar station, as it provided an emergency power supply for the TxRx block. The building would have housed a large, water-cooled generator; the standard models were a Nunn three-phase generator and a Lister 15kVA unit (Dobinson 2000a, 124). The generator would have produced sufficient power to keep the TxRx block operational in the event of a mains electricity supply failure. At Craster, the Standby Set House is located approximately 25m to the south of the TxRx block. It has two parts, the main room, which would have housed the generator, and the annexe across the northern end, part of which may have acted as a fuel store. This is an unusual variant, as it is more usual for the fuel store to have been housed in a separate building.
A detailed description of the building canbe found in the 2003-4 survey report [SNA63001]
References
- SNA63001 - Unpublished document: Hunt, A and Ainsworth, S. 2006. Craster, Northumberland: an archaeological investigation of a World War II radar station complex.
- SNA65559 - Report: Archaeo-Environment Ltd. 2009. Historic Environment Survey - Northumberland Coast - Dunstanburgh and Embleton bay.
Designations
None Recorded
Other Statuses and References
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Heritage Coast
Associated Events
- ENA4669 - Field Survey, Archaeological investigation of the World War II radar station complex, Craster, Dunstanburgh and Newton
- ENA5919 - Field Survey, Historic Environment Survey for the NT Properties on the Northumberland Coast - Dunstanburgh and Embleton Bay
Associated Finds
None Recorded
Related Records
- Part of: Remains of radar station, The Heughs, Dunstanburgh (Monument) - 10355 / MNA124708