Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Davington HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 10.00-16.30, last tour 15.00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 10309 Refreshments No Postcode DG13 0QW Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eskdalemuir Geophysical Observatory Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1045 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Description An account of the resource This site of national scientific importance relocated to Eskdalemuir in 1908 to escape the magnetic disturbances caused by trams in London. The Observatory supplied vital meteorological data to the War Office during World War II. The critical decision fixing the precise timing of the D-Day landings was based on just such information. The Observatory also studies �geophysics�, making magnetic recordings from deep inside the earth, providing the data used to aid navigation. Staff will provide guided tours during the day. STB access category 2: assisted wheelchair. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 20C