At Port Mulgrave today, where the weather could not make up its mind, shifting between sunshine and snow flurries. Lingrow Cliffs is just that little headland across the bay, not really anything special, especially at low tide. But near its highest point—named, with great imagination, High Lingrow—there was once a Second World War bombing decoy site. This was part of the ‘C-series’ of civil decoys, designed to trick enemy bombers into targeting a fake version of the Skinningrove Iron Company works. It was a ‘QL’ decoy, meaning it mimicked factory lighting and furnace glows to resemble the ironworks. In use between October 1942 and May 1943, it had a rather brief career. The land has since been entirely repurposed for agriculture, and I understand no trace of the wartime deception remains.1Historic England Research Records. Civil Bombing Decoy C92a. Hob Uid: 1469509. Available online at https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=b515e8a1-aee5-4ce6-be58-d3fb577d3e0c&resourceID=19191 [Accessed 13 Feb 25]
- 1Historic England Research Records. Civil Bombing Decoy C92a. Hob Uid: 1469509. Available online at https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=b515e8a1-aee5-4ce6-be58-d3fb577d3e0c&resourceID=19191 [Accessed 13 Feb 25]
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