RAF Dry Tree

RAF Dry Tree
Goonhilly Downs Near Helston, Cornwall in England
View inside the receiver block at RAF Dry Tree.
Site information
Type	Chain Home radar station
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Open to the public	yes
Location
RAF Dry Tree Shown with Cornwall RAF Dry Tree RAF Dry Tree (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	50°2′44.1″N 5°12′18.24″W
Height	four 360 feet (110 m) transmitter masts
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	1940-
Fate	demolished with the exception of ground level buildings and concrete hardstandings
Battles/wars	Second World War

RAF Dry Tree was a Royal Air Force early warning radar station for detecting enemy aircraft during the Second World War. It was built in 1940 on Goonhilly Downs, on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, a short distance to the south-east of the Goonhilly Earth Station. It was named from the standing stone on the land known as the Dry Tree menhir.