Voting over a community buyout of the former RAF Aird Uig base closes at 4pm today.
The isolated Nato surveillance station was built in the political climate of fear after the end of World War Two to give early warning of the Soviets launching any attack on the UK.
With the receding of the Cold War and the advance of modern satellite technology the remote base is now surplus to requirements.
The site is perched on the most north-
The two long distance radars which kept a 24-
The base also maintained a constant track of radio signals from foreign ships in addition to having a low frequency transmitter to send covert messages to Royal Navy submarines shadowing suspect vessels in the Atlantic Ocean.
Residents in the adjacent village of Aird Uig want to buy the 80 acre military site from the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The trust is looking to demolish some of the former military buildings and tidy up the site.
Converting the base into a tourism attraction and encouraging more people to live in the village the long term strategy.
Proposals include building a star observatory, art gallery and visitor centre.
Plans also include putting special microphones under the sea to record the sounds of whales and basking which pass by the peninsula.
Feasibility studies into renewable energy schemes have been commissioned.
It is believed an amicable purchase could be negotiated with the MoD.
Voting to close in former military surveillance base buyout ballot
28 July 2015