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Three of four dishes on site were scrapped in the winter of 2018. A local construction firm admitted to scrapping three of the four dishes, the legality of this is disputed. The first dish was removed from its supports sometime before 14 October, with two more dishes being felled over the following
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structure because it is the best preserved and most complete Chain Home transmitter tower surviving in its original location in the British Isles. The site is still in use by the RAF Aerial Erector School for selection tests for possible recruits.
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network. Initially, the site’s main feature was an octet of aerial towers. These were supported by some low-lying buildings.
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dishes. The site was decommissioned in the late 1980s and was mostly demolished by 1996.
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The station was upgraded in 1959 to GEE H communications relay site as part of the
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days. The fourth and last remaining dish was removed in mid to end–November 2020.
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RAF Stenigot - The day before the dishes fell (photos and history)
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RAF Stenigot is located in Lincolnshire
53°19′37″N 0°06′58″W / 53.327°N 0.116°W / 53.327; -0.116
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