Local List: World War Two Chain Home Low Radar Station M116, Tx\Rx building at North Hill and associated set house and generator house

A Second World War Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low radar station, visible as a number of structures, was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1947. Located adjacent to the tank training area on North Hill, west of Minehead, SW of Greenaleigh Farm and N of Hill Road, the site consists of an operations block, a power block and standby set block, administrative buildings and defensive slit trenches, accessed by a military road, about 180 metres long by 3 metres wide, from Hill Road. Manned by No 78 COD, CD/CHL set number M116 was operational by February 1942 and was listed as Coast Artillery use in January 1944. By 1946 the site was no longer operational, the transmitter structure on top of the operations block having been dismantled. Most of the buildings had been demolished by 1950, with only the operation block extant in 2001. Age: strong: 1942 – 1944 integral to defence of Britain during WWII Rarity: strong: only surviving example on Exmoor and few surviving nationally Distinctive Design: strong: mass concrete, highly functional design with many indications of function visible, similar design to other known examples Historical Association: moderate: part of WWII defences Evidential Value: Moderate: some demolished and interior of operational block and gantry array removed but much evidence surviving for function and fittings Social and Communal Value: strong: strong community interest and value Group Value: Strong: associated with military complex on North Hill Collective Value: strong: few surviving nationally and relatively good example despite loss of fittings