RAF Dry Tree

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RAF Dry Tree
Goonhilly Downs Near Helston, Cornwall in United Kingdom
View inside the receiver block at RAF Dry Tree.
RAF Dry Tree Shown with Cornwall
Coordinates	50°2′44.1″N 5°12′18.24″W / 50.045583°N 5.2050667°W / 50.045583; -5.2050667
Type	Chain Home radar station
Height	four 360 feet (110 m) transmitter masts
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Open to the public	yes
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.^[1][2] It was named from the standing stone on the land known as the Dry Tree menhir.