Military Occupation
The Royal Artillery coast artillery school was transferred from Shoeburyness to the Great Orme in 1940 (and additionally a Practice Camp was established on the Little Orme in 1941) during the Second World War. Target practice was undertaken from the headland to both towed and anchored boats. Experimental work and training was also provided for radio direction finding. The foundations of some of the buildings and installations remain and can be seen from the western end of the Marine Drive. The site of the school was scheduled as an Ancient Monument in 2011 by CADW, the Welsh Government's Historic Monuments body. This was done in recognition of the site's significance in a UK and Welsh context. There was also a Chain Home Low radar station operated by the Royal Air Force at the hotel during World War II. Also of note was the Aerial Defence Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) known as "X3" which was a 3 storey building erected in 1942. This seems to have been a secret radar experimental station situated above the artillery school. The road put in to serve it now serves a car park on the approximate site of the station. It was not demolished until 1956.
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