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Top Secret Cold War Station Set For Whale Listening Transformation
A former Cold War surveillance station could be given a different listening function if residents of a tiny community on the Western Isles succeed in an attempt to buy it.
The people of Gallan Head plan to buy the disused outpost and turn it into a place where tourists can listen in on whales singing.
The radio and radar station was set up at Aird Uig 60 years ago. It is now hoped a hydrophone could be placed in the sea to pick up the sound of whales.
The site was part of NATO's early warning system against Soviet submarines and aircraft, but the Ministry of Defence has no further use for the derelict buildings on the clifftop site.
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