Monument record MLI98627 - Burgh le Marsh receiving array for Imperial Beam station
Summary
The site of the Burgh le Marsh receiving array for the Imperial Beam station. Part of a wireless communication system for the British Empire set up in the 1920s.
Type and Period (2)
- RADIO STATION (Early 20th Century to Second World War - 1927 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- RADIO TELEGRAPHY MAST (Early 20th Century to Second World War - 1927 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
The communications array for the receiving station of the Imperial Beam Station. A world wide wireless communication system for the British Empire was developed in the 1920s for fast communication between the separate parts of the British Empire. There were stations in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa and India. In Lincolnshire the Grimsby Station had a receiving station at Burgh le Marsh and a transmitting station at Tetney. The stations were extensive, over 200 acres, with an array of very tall masts over 200 feet high. The masts do not survive but some buildings of the stations survive in Burgh le Marsh and Tetney (1993). This HER record is for the mast of the receiving array. {1}
The stonework footings of at least eight masts and the holdfasts of their supporting cables were seen on aerial photographs and recorded by the National Mapping Programme. The masts are about 200m apart and stretch in a line running approximately north to south for about 1500m. These masts were interpreted as being part of the Burgh le Marsh Beam Station array. {2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI14052 Article in Serial: Squires, S.. 1993. 'Lincolnshire and the Empire - Wireless Communication' in Lincolnshire Past and Present. vol.10/11, pp.20-21.
- <2> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF5565: LI.447.6.1.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 5544 6540 (278m by 1482m) |
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Civil Parish | SKEGNESS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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