Building record MAB40107 - SCURDIE NESS
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Summary
Artillery emplacements and concrete tunnels of World War II date.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 7264 5676 (97m by 44m) Linear Feature - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO75NW |
| Civil Parish | Craig |
| Authority | Angus |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Artillery emplacements and concrete tunnels of World War II date. Two large artillery emplacements were quarried out of the cliff by Polish engineers during 1941. They were likely to have held 75mm guns and were complex structures entered by a tunnel rom the road above. The tunnels were recorded during coastal zone assessment survey carried out by SCAPE between February and March 2009. Below the emplacement (NO7263156769) is an entrance to a concrete tunnel which appears to link to other tunnel entrances in the area. The entrance is circa 5m wide and 5m tall. Above it is a central plaque, partly in Polish part in English, the latter reading 'POLAND AND VICTORY, POLISH SAPPERS, 1941'. At NO7260956767 is another tunnel entrance. At NO7266456771 the survey recorded a partially collapsed rounded concrete structure surviving up to 1.5m in height and 1m in diameter no obscured by dense undergrowth.
SCAPE, 03/2009, COASTAL ZONE ASSESSMENT SURVEY PART 2, P.64 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4802.
BARCLAY, G, 2013, IF HITLER COMES. PREPARING FOR INVASION: SCOTLAND 1940, pp220-7 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3792.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ANG;
- NMR Card Number: NO75NW131;
- NRHE Numlink: 161671;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO75NW0212;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/161671 (trove.scot link)
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Record last edited
Jul 17 2020 2:52PM
