Hawklaw Y Station
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Hawklaw Y Station was a Government listening station located north of Cupar in Fife which operated between 1942 and 1988.
History
The building was built with windows in the Art Deco style and completed by 1942.{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/907213|title=Hawklaw Intercept Y Listening Station |publisher=Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland|accessdate=13 December 2014}} During the Second World War it operated as a Y-station collecting information for analysts at Bletchley Park. Unlike other Y stations Hawklaw did not close after the War but continued as a Cold War monitoring station under the aegis of Government Communications Headquarters until it closed in 1988.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2jCbW82ABTkC&q=GCHQ+Stations&pg=PA8|title=How Cheltenham entered America's backyard|publisher=New Scientist|date=5 April 1984|accessdate=12 December 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Today
In 2024, Hawklaw's buildings were being converted into a family home.{{cite web|url=https://www.hawklaw.com/|title=Renovating Hawklaw|accessdate=14 August 2024}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Fife
Category:Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland
Category:World War II sites in Scotland
Category:1942 establishments in Scotland