Brora Y Station

Brora Y Station
Brora Y Station is located in Highland
Brora Y Station
Shown in Highland
Coordinates58°00′25″N 3°50′54″W / 58.00700°N 3.84845°W / 58.00700; -3.84845
Built1940

Brora Y Station was a Government listening station located South-east of Brora in Sutherland, Scotland which operated between 1940 and 1986.

History

The building was built for the General Post Office and completed by 1939.[1] During the Second World War it operated as a Y-station, collecting information for analysts at Bletchley Park.[1] Unlike other Y stations Brora did not close after the War but continued as a Cold War monitoring station under the aegis of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) until it closed in 1986.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Brora Radio Intercept Y Station Operations Building". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ "How Cheltenham entered America's backyard". New Scientist. 5 April 1984. Retrieved 12 December 2014.