MorwenstowA Selection of News Articles Related to Morwenstow
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Dish aerials for Cleave Camp
new satellite communications centre
Read MoreDish aerials for Cleave Camp 15.3.1968
A start is likely to be made this year on the erection of a new satellite communications centre at Cleave Camp, Morwenstow.
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Govt. Radio Station at Cleave Camp
A radio station to be built near Morwenstow
Read MoreGovt. Radio Station at Cleave Camp 1967
A radio station, which will be a branch of the Government Communications Headquarters at Cheltenham, is to be built at the former Cleave Camp near Morwenstow.
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Satellite Communications Centre
CSOS Morwenstowe
Read MoreSatellite Communications Centre in Remote North Cornwall Keeps Its Secrets 20.3.1981
The signpost on the busy A39 trunk road on the way to Bude simply says "CSOS Morwenstowe." Holidaymakers travelling fast in their cars hardly have time to give it a second look.
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Where £500,000 'dish' will be planted
Cleave Camp, Morwenstow
Read MoreWhere £500,000 'dish' will be planted 10.2.1967
It was confirmed that the Ministry of Defence are to construct a £500,000 dish aerial to handle messages transmitted by way of satellite. Cleave Camp, Morwenstow, standing in open country close to the site of what was the home of the renowned Sir Richard Grenville, was finally closed in 1961.