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MHG48364 - Sango Radar Station -Leirinbeg

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A rapid coastal zone assessment survey was conducted by GUARD in the Autumn of 1997 commissioned by Historic Scotland from the Viking and Early Settlement Archaeological Research Project based at the University of Glasgow.

The entire headland of Leirinbeg is peppered with WWII defensive installations ranging from the ubiquitous concrete, rectangular huts, through large numbers of concrete blocks imbedded in the ground with metal hoops attached (possibly for barrage balloons), to subterranean structures with lookout towers above the ground surface. Most of these installations are located outside the range of this survey and are under no threat from coastal erosion. However, there is a comprehensive survey of the headland required, perhaps as part of the Defences of Britain Project. The main monument within our area was located at NC 4193 6752 and is a subterranean bunker under a turf clad mound. The mound measures 28 m NW-SE by 22 m and the concrete structure within it measures I6 m by 9 m. The mound is 4 m high and the turf and grass is eroding away from the top of the walls of the internal structure, exposing 1.1 m of those walls and some of the roof. There is a ventilation-shaft protruding 1.4 m above the mound and there are porched entrances through the mound to the structure inside at the north and south sides. There is also a brick-revetted path around the bunker at the SW and NW which leads to the entrances. The interior of the bunker has been systematically stripped on abandonment. <1>

What are possibly the engine rooms to supply power for the radar station are situated in rough ground to the N of the A838 road at Leirinbeg.
Constructed of reinforced concrete and both showing evidence of having been covered with earth.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), April 2005 <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 41928 67514 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC46NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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