Ringstead, The Caravan Camp c.1955
Photo ref:
R395006
More about this scene
This coastal caravan site is seen from National Trust fields on the edge of Ringstead hamlet. During the Cold War, Ringstead was dominated by the masts (top right) of a military communications station. Radar was the word in common parlance, but in fact they were radio beacons, carrying ultra- short wave command signals of the United States Air Force - bounced off the troposphere - between British headquarters at High Wycombe and bases in Spain. The view is towards Portland (on the horizon, left).
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