Hawklaw_Y_Station

Hawklaw Y Station

Hawklaw Y Station

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Hawklaw Y Station was a Government listening station located north of Cupar in Fife which operated between 1942 and 1988.

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History

The building was built with windows in the Art Deco style and completed by 1942.[1] During the Second World War it operated as a Y-station collecting information for analysts at Bletchley Park.[1] Unlike other Y stations Hawklaw did not close after the War but continued as a Cold War monitoring station under the aegis of Government Communications Headquarters until it closed in 1988.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Hawklaw Intercept Y Listening Station". Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    "How Cheltenham entered America's backyard". New Scientist. 5 April 1984. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

56.32997°N 3.00768°W / 56.32997; -3.00768
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