Located close to the Verne Citadel and East Cliff, the station was established in the 1950s as part of a nationwide air defence radar system built by the British Government during the Cold War.

[2] During the Second World War, the site was the location of a Chain Home Extra Low (CHEL) radar station.

[3] The same site was chosen for the building of Portland's Centimetric Early Warning (CEW) Radar Station in 1950-51 by contractor Robert McAlpine.

[9] Owned by Su and Jon Illsley, the couple pursued the farm as a hobby to look after rare breed Portland sheep.

[13] In 2013, a one-off event was set up to allow Subterranea Britannica members to enter the underground section of the station.

The bunker still retains its original air conditioning plant, fans, mains transformer, blast doors, electrical switchgear and rotary converters.

[8] On ground level, six radar plinths remain intact together with the emergency exit blockhouse and the old USAF compound.