A former Nato spy base that wouldn’t look out of place in a James Bond movie has gone on the market for a cool £1.1 million.
But as well as an interesting history, the eavesdropping post has a look to match as it resembles a GIANT golf ball – which is how locals refer to it.
Opened by Princess Anne in 1985, the 60ft spherical structure masked the dishes and aerials of the Nato base at Balado Bridge in Kinross-shire.
It was officially designated a SATCOM II Satellite Ground Listening Station.
Setting aside its secret agent past, now local estate agents are marketing the site as a potential storage facility, retirement home or even a unique pitch and putt venue.
After the building was decommissioned in 2006, it was bought by entrepreneur Bob Ferguson for just over £500,000.
A deal for Mr Ferguson to sell the golf ball to a Dutch company interested in using it for data storage stalled last year and he has now decided to put it back on the market.
The fibreglass structure was linked to the former military command centre at Pitreavie, Fife, by microwave transmitter. But its tasks have now all been transferred to Faslane on the Clyde.
The Balado base facilitated long-distance secure broadcasts between Nato forces and was an integral part of the defence satellite communications system of the United States Air Force.
