Faraid Head is a small peninsula on the Northern Coast of Scotland it is located two miles to the north of the village Balnakeil. At the head is located a small radar station built in the 1950's to house a ROTOR radar system to provide radar coverage of Scotland's north coast. By the time the facility was completed however the ROTOR system had become obsolete and the station was closed down but remained in the hands of the Ministry of Defence. In later years the main building was renovated as a control tower for the Cape Wrath and Garvie Island bombing ranges. Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... This long range radar antenna (approximately 40m (130ft) in diameter) rotates on a track to observe activities near the horizon. ... A helicopter twin-bladed main rotor, mounted on a pylon (Robinson R44) A rotor is a rotating part of a machine, as in a motor, a pump or a helicopter. ... The Ministry of Defence building, Whitehall, Westminster, London The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the UK military. ... Cape Wrath lighthouse Cape Wrath is a cape in northern Scotland. ...
FaraidHead is a small peninsula on the northern coast of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, located two miles to the north of the village Balnakeil and three miles north of Durness.
At the point is located a small radar station built in the 1950's to house a ROTORradar system to provide radar coverage of Scotland's north coast.
In later years the main building was renovated as a control tower for the Cape Wrath and Garvie Island bombing ranges.
The final stage of the ROTOR Programme (Rotor 3) was to provide radar cover for the north and west of the British Isles which were still exposed to attack and to give low and surface level cover over the Atlantic, the absence of which prevented effective action against low flying enemy aircraft.
Three new CEW stations were to be built at FaraidHead, Aird Uig, and Saxa Vord equipped with Type 80 Mk 2 and Type 13 radars.
The head remained in MOD hand however and the Type 80 modulator building was renovated for use as a range control tower for the Cape Wrath and Garvie Island naval ranges.
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