Building record MAB38109 - CORSE HILL

Remains of World War II anti-invasion defences.

Remains of World War II anti-invasion defences. A line of anti-tank blocks lie on the edge of the beach to the east of East Haven Airfield. A number are buried within sand and more may survive than are visible. The blocks are visible on the vertical aerial photograph overlay on the GIS at the Angus HER. The blocks were part of a larger defensive scheme, visible on RAF vertical aerial photographs taken in 1941 and 1947. The blocks on these photographs run from the former tar works and Arbroath and vary between single and double lines of blocks. The blocks were recorded during coastal zone assessment survey carried out by SCAPE between February and March 2009. This recorded a line of 10 blocks spread over a distance of 25m. Each block has a rounded top, is 1.08m in width and 1.7m tall and rests on a concrete base. They form a V formation, the point of the V furthest from the coast, and range from between 3m and 10m from the High Water Mark.

SCAPE, 03/2009, COASTAL ZONE ASSESSMENT SURVEY PART 2, p.24 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4802.

Jun 20 2002 , AAS/02/6/CT98-102, AAS/02/6/CT98-102 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB29462.

Jun 25 1947 , CPE/Scot/UK 218, 3196-9, CPE/Scot/UK 218, 3196-9 (Air-vertical Photograph). SAB29830.

Jun 25 1947 , CPE/Scot/UK 218, 3200-1, CPE/Scot/UK 218, 3200-1 (Air-vertical Photograph). SAB29831.

Jun 26 1941 , D309, 5012-5015, D309, 5012-5015 (Air-vertical Photograph). SAB29829.

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Jul 11 2025 8:52AM