| 1170088 |
RECORDING |
FIELD VISIT |
Nothing is now visible of a ‘Barbed Wire Entanglement’ and a ‘Plain Wire Fence’ that are shown on First World War plans surrounding the W and N sides of the Downing Point Battery. The former, which marked the inner defence, ran from the W end of the crag in a loop around the blockhouse (NT18SE 24.01) towards the NW corner of the battery, before turning ESE to run to the blockhouse by the entrance. Having looped around this, it continued E across the sands to cover the risk of enemy incursion at low tide. By contrast, the plain wire fence situated beyond it, made only one concession to either the topography or the location of the battery’s infrastructure, by rounding the W end of the crag. It then ran due N to the NW corner of the battery before turning E and continuing to the high tide mark in Donibristle Bay. The only gap was at the entrance to the camp (NT 15802 82539) about 17m W of the shoreline. [...] |
6 December 2023 |
| 1170605 |
RECORDING |
FIELD VISIT |
A concrete block (NT18SE 114), situated at the high tide mark in Donibristle Bay near the NE corner of Bathing House Wood, is believed locally to have originated from this site. It may have helped tether the balloon. |
5 December 2023 |
| 1170063 |
RECORDING |
FIELD VISIT |
Nothing is now visible of two Ablution blocks that were situated within Downing Point Battery. One (NT 15813 82508) was located immediately W of a track running S along the shoreline from Donibristle House to Downing Point, while the other (NT 15757 82525) lay to the NW of the firing trench (NT18SE 24.20) about 5m ENE of the Dining Room and Cook House (NT18SE 24.15). Both were rectangular on plan, but the first had a porch on the ESE and measured about 7m from NNE to SSW by 5m transversely, while the second measured about 10m from NNW to SSE by 6m transversely. [...] |
6 December 2023 |
