Building record MAB40782 - MONTROSE BAY
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Summary
A WELL PRESERVED NORTH-SOUTH ALIGNED ROW OF ANTI-TANK BLOCKS.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 7373 6175 (164m by 261m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO76SW |
| Civil Parish | Montrose |
| Authority | Angus |
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Full Description
A WELL PRESERVED NORTH-SOUTH ALIGNED ROW OF ANTI-TANK BLOCKS. AROUND 90 BLOCKS FORM THIS GROUP BUT SOME BLOCKS ARE STILL BURIED IN THE SAND. THE SOUTHERNMOST BLOCKS ARE BETTER PRESERVED. THE NORTHERN ONES HAVE FLATTENED TOPS AND ARE OF A MUCH SMOOTHER CONCRETE. AT LEAST ONE BLOCK HAD GRAFFITI MARKS. LOCAL INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE BLOCKS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN EXPOSED AFTER BEING BURIED FOR MANY YEARS. Recorded during coastal zone assessment survey carried out by SCAPE between February and March 2009. This area was one of the vulnerable exits from the beach that were blocked by a combination of barbed wire and concrete cubs (reinforced by beach scaffolding in 1941) and covered by machine gun positions shown on Polish Army maps.
SCAPE, 03/2009, COASTAL ZONE ASSESSMENT SURVEY PART 2, P.76 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4802.
BARCLAY, G, 2013, IF HITLER COMES. PREPARING FOR INVASION: SCOTLAND 1940, pp220-227 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3792.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ANG;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO76SW0097;
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Record last edited
Feb 25 2016 11:17AM
