Brora Y Station
| Brora Y Station | |
|---|---|
  Shown in Highland | |
| Coordinates | 58°00′25″N 3°50′54″W / 58.00700°N 3.84845°W |
| Built | 1940 |
Brora Y Station was a Government listening station located South-east of Brora in Sutherland, Scotland which operated between 1940 and 1986.
History
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Brora Radio Intercept Y Station Operations Building". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "How Cheltenham entered America's backyard". New Scientist. 5 April 1984. Retrieved 12 December 2014.