Field Visit

Date 3 March 2015

Event ID 998379

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/998379

Barclay (2013) mentions a stop line built during the Second World War to prevent enemy movement along the coast. Road and rail blocks were established at this vulnerable point. No evidence for a rail block or road blocks can now be seen on any of the Dunglass bridges. However under the E end of the approach viaduct of the 1930-2 arched concrete bridge there is a small sandbagged enclosure abutting the bridge's E abutment, measuring about 5m NNE-SSW by 3m transversely within sandbagged walls c1m thick and standing up to c.2m high on the NNE. The walls on the other two sides measure about 0.5m to 0.75m high, with the sandbag material now rotting away in many places exposing the hard sand and stone infill. The corners of the sandbagged enclosure use the supporting concrete bridge pillars. The entrance was in the WNW wall.

It is unclear what purpose this sandbagged enclosure was put to but either a store or shelter would seem more probable than a defensive position.

Visited by RCAHMS (AKK) 28 February 2015.