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A sound mirror in Gibraltar?

Posted on 16 September 2008 by Andrew Grantham



Gibraltar 2007 – Sound Mirror?

Originally uploaded by www.doverpast.co.uk

Paul Wells of doverpast.co.uk has found something in Gibraltar which looks rather like a sound mirror. But is it, or is it something else?

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Il Widna – the Maltese sound mirror

Posted on 7 September 2008 by Andrew Grantham

il widna
The only sound mirror to be built outside England is a 200 foot example in Malta. When I visited the country earlier this year, I couldn’t miss out on the chance to go to see it.

Here are some photos and some background details of its history, and also details of how to find it.

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A forerunner of radar, acoustic mirrors were built on the south and northeast coasts of England between about 1916 and the 1930s. The ‘listening ears’ were intended to provide early warning of incoming enemy aircraft.

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