Barnbougle Castle
Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century)
Site Name Barnbougle Castle
Classification Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Crow Thickets
Canmore ID 113052
Site Number NT17NE 103
NGR NT 1669 7865
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113052
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Dalmeny
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County West Lothian
NT17NE 103 1669 7865
Site recorded during a rapid coastal survey undertaken by GUARD of the S shore of the Firth of Forth from Dunbar to Stirling and along the N shore of the Forth to the Fife border. A gazetteer of all sites including listed buildings, designed landscapes, scheduled and unscheduled monuments was produced. Full details of the survey can be consulted in the report held by the NMRS.
NT 166 786 Concrete blocks, WW2
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996
These blocks lie against the coastal bank c 400m west of Barnbougle Castle. There are around a dozen blocks, all c 3.5m by 2m, laid in an east-west line against the sandy beach bank. They appear to have been placed here fairly recently but may originally have been part of the coastal defences. They are now used to prevent further erosion of the bank and stop sand spreading onto Dalmeny House park land. Some of the blocks are broken or cracked.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 17th February 1996.
Field Visit (17 February 1996)
These blocks lie against the coastal bank c 400m west of Barnbougle Castle. There are around a dozen blocks, all c 3.5m by 2m, laid in an east-west line against the sandy beach bank. They appear to have been placed here fairly recently but may originally have been part of the coastal defences. They are now used to prevent further erosion of the bank and stop sand spreading onto Dalmeny House park land. Some of the blocks are broken or cracked.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 17th February 1996.
