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East Lothian Beach Defences
Although not identified formally as a stop line, the East Lothian coast between North Berwick and Dunbar on the south of the Forth of Forth has a significant number of tank traps, dragon's teeth, observation posts, pillboxes, and even anti-glider posts evident, many of which are still extant to some degree. Some are known to have been moved, having been reused to construct later defences in the form of sea walls.
The large concrete cylinders visible in the first photograph would have been rolled across the road to block access to the nearby beach.
Photographs
External links
- Nearby Canmore or ScotlandsPlaces items
The external links below are followed by a link to the related Map Marker, showing the position of each listed feature.
- Scoughall, Scoughall Rocks, Anti Tank Blocks, Road Block, Map reference: NT 6170 8335 Moved to make sea wall defences
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0414866 lon=-2.6163246 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 6170 8335' :)
- Scoughall, Scoughall Links, Pillbox, Map reference: NT 6200 8286
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0371084 lon=-2.6114400 link='Pillbox NT 6200 8286' :)
- Pefferside, Scoughall Links, Anti Tank Blocks, Map reference: NT 618 823
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0320613 lon=-2.6145696 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 618 823' :)
- Lochouses Links, Ravensheugh Sands, Anti Tank Blocks, Trench, NT68SW 42, Map reference: NT 6260 8180
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0276326 lon=-2.6016631 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 6260 8180' :)
- Bathan's Strand, Anti Tank Blocks, Map reference: NT 6305 8135
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0236247 lon=-2.5943811 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 6305 8135' :)
- Tyninghame, Links Wood, Ravensheugh Sands, Bathan's Strand, Anti Tank Blocks, Road Block, Map reference: NT 6330 8126
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0228354 lon=-2.5903582 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 6330 8126 Photo 2' :)
- Tyningham, Links Wood, Anti Tank Blocks, Road Block, Map reference: NT 6329 8068
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0176238 lon=-2.5904391 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 6329 8068' :)
- Whitberry Point, Links Wood, St Baldred's Cradle, Observation Post, Pillbox, Trench, Map reference: NT 6355 8125
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0227647 lon=-2.5863463 link='Observation Post, Pillbox NT 6355 8125' :)
- Tyne Sands, Links Wood, Pillbox, Map reference: NT 6356 8085
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0191718 lon=-2.5861314 link='Pillbox NT 6356 8085' :)
- Ravensheugh Sands, Anti Tank Blocks, Map reference: NT 6280 8160
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0258513 lon=-2.5984265 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 6280 8160' :)
- Ravensheugh Sands, Anti Tank Blocks, Map reference: NT 6205 8233
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0323508 lon=-2.6105624 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 6205 8233' :)
- St Baldred's Cradle, Anti Tank Blocks, Map reference: NT 636 811
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0214209 lon=-2.5855238 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 636 811' :)
- St Baldred's Cradle, Pillbox, Map reference: NT 637 812
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0223269 lon=-2.5839332 link='Pillbox NT 637 812' :)
- Fir Links Wood, Anti Tank Blocks, Map reference: NT 630 796
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0078985 lon=-2.5949414 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 630 796' :)
- Hedderwick Hill Plantation, Young's Knowe, Hedderwick Burn, Anti Tank Blocks, Map reference: NT 6439 7882
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0009964 lon=-2.5725478 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 6439 7882' :)
- Belhaven Bay, Hedderwick Sands, Anti Glider Posts, Map reference: NT 6360 7900
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0025541 lon=-2.5852384 link='Anti Glider Posts NT 6360 7900' :)
- Hedderwick, Anti Tank Blocks, Map reference: NT 6275 7840
⚠ (:gma-point lat=55.9970981 lon=-2.5987836 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 6275 7840 Photo 4' :)
- Hedderwick Hill Plantation, Belhaven Bay, Anti Tank Blocks, Map reference: NT 642 794
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0061931 lon=-2.5756716 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 642 794' :)
- Hedderwick Hill Plantation, Belhaven Bay, Anti Tank Blocks, Trench, Map reference: NT 650 789
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0017602 lon=-2.5627781 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 650 789' :)
- Dunbar, Winterfield Mains, Belhaven, Anti Tank Blocks, Trench, Map reference: NT 661 785
⚠ (:gma-point lat=55.9982457 lon=-2.5450907 link='Anti Tank Blocks NT 661 785' :)
- Dunbar, Belhaven Bay, Winterfield Mains, Observation Post, Map reference: NT 6622 7919
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0044534 lon=-2.5432539 link='Observation Post NT 6622 7919' :)
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⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0206935 lon=-2.6002407 link='Links Wood road block' :)
⚠ (:gma-point lat=56.0141952 lon=-2.5934343 link='Tyninghame anti tank blocks NT 631 803' :)
⚠ (:gma-map :)
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