Redcar Sound Mirror

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Built around 1916 to detect approaching Zeppelins, now sits surrounded by houses but safe due to being a scheduled ancient monument.

The base of the column where the listening trumpet was mounted is a few feet in front of the mirror.

Information on other Sound Mirrors in the UK can be found here

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3 thoughts on “Redcar Sound Mirror

  1. There’s a good few of these round where my folks live and I remember investigating them with my Dad when I was a nipper. Nice idea but made obsolete by radar not long after they were built.

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