- Faraid Head
Faraid Head is a small
peninsula on the northern coast ofSutherland , Highland,Scotland , located two miles to the north of the villageBalnakeil and three miles north ofDurness .At the point is located a small
radar station built in the 1950's to house aROTOR radar system to provide radar coverage of Scotland's north coast. By the time the facility was completed however the ROTOR system had become obsolete and the station was closed down but remained in the hands of the Ministry of Defence. In later years the main building was renovated as a control tower for theCape Wrath andGarvie Island bombing range s.The largest
sand dunes in the British Isles can be found at Faraid HeadExternal links
*The Subterranea Britannica entry on Faraid Head - [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/f/faraid_head/]
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