Orford Ness Shingle With Black Beacon & Shoreline Buildings & Hare spotted From Top of Bomb Ballistics Building 8
We only walked as far as the Bomb Ballistics Building, so all other buildings were taken from its viewing platform or on the walk back to the Ness landing site. I don't understand why the brick building appears so close as to be almost touching the Black Beacon in this first photo. It does give a good view of the shingle, and how little vegetation it supports, and some of the debris littering the site.
The enigmatic Black Beacon building was constructed by local builders WC Reade of Aldeburgh in 1928 for the Royal Aircraft Establishment, to house an experimental 'rotating loop' navigation beacon. Part funded by Trinity House and reported to be a marine navigation beacon, the Air Ministry also funded work on the development of an aircraft location system based on this early innovation. The Orford Ness equipment was probably an early homing beacon for aircraft that formed part of this work.
Orford Ness Shingle With Black Beacon & Shoreline Buildings & Hare spotted From Top of Bomb Ballistics Building 8
We only walked as far as the Bomb Ballistics Building, so all other buildings were taken from its viewing platform or on the walk back to the Ness landing site. I don't understand why the brick building appears so close as to be almost touching the Black Beacon in this first photo. It does give a good view of the shingle, and how little vegetation it supports, and some of the debris littering the site.
The enigmatic Black Beacon building was constructed by local builders WC Reade of Aldeburgh in 1928 for the Royal Aircraft Establishment, to house an experimental 'rotating loop' navigation beacon. Part funded by Trinity House and reported to be a marine navigation beacon, the Air Ministry also funded work on the development of an aircraft location system based on this early innovation. The Orford Ness equipment was probably an early homing beacon for aircraft that formed part of this work.