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Port Seton
Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century), Wall (20th Century)
Site Name Port Seton
Classification Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century), Wall (20th Century)
Canmore ID 113139
Site Number NT47NW 47
NGR NT 407 759
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113139
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Tranent
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT47NW 47 407 759
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.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996
The sea wall below the car park at the east end of Port Seton is constructed from WW2 anti-tank blocks. These blocks are made from concrete and are 1.5m x 1.2m x 1.2m, some have a smooth finish others are corrugated
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife'
22nd February 1996.
A row of anti-tank blocks on the coast at Port Seton which have been subsequently moved from their original position and rebuilt into the sea wall.
J A Guy 1997; NMRS MS 810/5, 126-8
Field Visit (22 February 1996)
The sea wall below the car park at the east end of Port Seton is constructed from WW2 anti-tank blocks. These blocks are made from concrete and are 1.5m x 1.2m x 1.2m, some have a smooth finish others are corrugated
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife'
22nd February 1996.
