Orford Ness aerial image - Black Beacon - buildings from WW2 & the Cold War
Black Beacon
1913-1915 the RFC established an airfield and experimental site for weapons and aircraft testing
1918-1924 the site was largely dormant.
1924-1939 Used by the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) mainly for bomb and machine gun testing.
1935 Radar Research led by Robert Watson Watt.
1939-1945 Secret testing of radar, weapons and electronic warfare.
1953-1971 Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) Testing of nuclear weapon components. Included construction of the pagoda blast buildings.
1971 the military withdrew.
1993 National Trust acquired the land to be nature reserve and historic site.
Aerial view of pagodas, bunkers and buildings on Orford Ness on the coast of Suffolk
Hello John, I'm carrying out some research on Orford Ness as an intern at the University of Exeter, and came across two brilliant aerial images of yours on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/john_fielding/54445823760/in/photos... and www.flickr.com/photos/john_fielding/54443303864/in/photos...). I'm helping create an ArcGIS Storymap as an open resource for heritage practitioners/academics that would be publicly available, and therefore wondered whether we could include these two images of yours in our storymap if we gave you full credit in the image information? This research is purely for academic purposes and not for profit. Many thanks,
Orford Ness aerial image - Black Beacon - buildings from WW2 & the Cold War
Black Beacon
1913-1915 the RFC established an airfield and experimental site for weapons and aircraft testing
1918-1924 the site was largely dormant.
1924-1939 Used by the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) mainly for bomb and machine gun testing.
1935 Radar Research led by Robert Watson Watt.
1939-1945 Secret testing of radar, weapons and electronic warfare.
1953-1971 Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) Testing of nuclear weapon components. Included construction of the pagoda blast buildings.
1971 the military withdrew.
1993 National Trust acquired the land to be nature reserve and historic site.
Aerial view of pagodas, bunkers and buildings on Orford Ness on the coast of Suffolk
Hello John, I'm carrying out some research on Orford Ness as an intern at the University of Exeter, and came across two brilliant aerial images of yours on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/john_fielding/54445823760/in/photos... and www.flickr.com/photos/john_fielding/54443303864/in/photos...). I'm helping create an ArcGIS Storymap as an open resource for heritage practitioners/academics that would be publicly available, and therefore wondered whether we could include these two images of yours in our storymap if we gave you full credit in the image information? This research is purely for academic purposes and not for profit. Many thanks,