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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 809891
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/809891
NT17NE 212 centred 1990 7695
A site listed as a 'Starfish' decoy site (Dobinson 2000) has been identified from RAF WWII aerial photographs (NLA/14: 619 to 621, flown 19 June 1941) in an area now occupied by the W end of Marine Drive. The area is of a triangular shape and the aerial photographs show a group of the 'fire-burning' boxes and the electricity generating bunker.
A 'Starfish' decoy was intended to divert bombing attacks from the intended target by giving the illusion of a burning town or city. It is probable that this site is connected with the dummy heavy AA battery situated to the E on Silverknowes golf course (NT27NW 51).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), May 2001.
