Hawklaw Y Station
Hawklaw Y Station was a Government listening station located north of Cupar in Fife which operated between 1942 and 1988.
History
[edit]The building was built with windows in the Art Deco style and completed by 1942.[1] During the Second World War it operated as a Y-station collecting information for analysts at Bletchley Park.[1] Unlike other Y stations Hawklaw did not close after the War but continued as a Cold War monitoring station under the aegis of Government Communications Headquarters until it closed in 1988.[2]
Today
[edit]In 2024, Hawklaw's buildings were being converted into a family home.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hawklaw Intercept Y Listening Station". Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "How Cheltenham entered America's backyard". New Scientist. 5 April 1984. Retrieved 12 December 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Renovating Hawklaw". Retrieved 14 August 2024.