Frequency

High on Ibsley Common, stark and open to the elements, are a variety of remains wartime activity; amongst the heathers and occasional gorse bush are the remnants of a World War Two Radio Direction Finding Station. The station would have been one of three , all issuing the same frequency, used as navigational aids they allowed pilots to determined their position. The surviving features are, the hexagonal blast wall which protected a, long gone, wooden tower, this is surrounded by small concrete blocks representing compass points; 40m East are the foundations of a destroyed rectangular brick building, adjacent to which is a, partially rubble filled, shelter; a few meters further, connected to the ground with strong fixings, are 2 lengths of coiled and knotted steel cabling, purpose unknown. The site was operated by a unit of the WAAF and the building remains and shelter represent their accommodation. Inside the hexagonal blast wall, the only surviving evidence of the tower being the anchor bolts set in the heavy base; on one of the interior walls some one has written 'The night conceals the world, but reveals the universe'.