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Aberlady Bay
Anti Tank Blocks (Second World War), Obstruction (20th Century)
Site Name Aberlady Bay
Classification Anti Tank Blocks (Second World War), Obstruction (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Peffer Burn; Gullane Sands; Obstruction
Canmore ID 113422
Site Number NT48SE 62
NGR NT 46867 80449
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113422
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT48SE 62 4690 8045
See also NT48SE 72.
(Originally recorded as NT48SE 8639 (maritime) at NT 4651 8046 from position cited as N 56.85 W 2.51). Horizontal Datum = UND. Buoyage = .
Surveying Details:
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17 April 1975. Across Aberlady sands, from a position bearing 60 degrees 925 metres approximately from Aberlady church, is line of concrete anti-tank blocks running northwards.
Report by HMS EGERIA, 1958.
15 July 1993. The site is shown as a causeway running north/south on Aberlady Bay LNR and SSSI 1993 coastal map [OS 1:7500].
Source; University of Edinburgh.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
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 4690 8045 WW2 defences.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996.
A linear feature runs across the river estuary west of the present bridge. It is composed of rough stones forming a very low bank, approximately 2m wide and 250m long. There are three upright posts or stones marking its route near the southern shore. This feature is the remains of a WW2 row of anti-tank blocks observed on 1946 aerial photographs. B108 7242-3 15/4/46
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 20th February 1996.
Field Visit (20 February 1996)
A linear feature runs across the river estuary west of the present bridge. It is composed of rough stones forming a very low bank, approximately 2m wide and 250m long. There are three upright posts or stones marking its route near the southern shore. This feature is the remains of a WW2 row of anti-tank blocks observed on 1946 aerial photographs. B108 7242-3 15/4/46
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 20th February 1996.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2151
Name : UNKNOWN 9999
Latitude : 560051
Longitude : 25100
Type : ANTI-TANK BLOCKS
Loss Year : 9999
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002878
Feature Class : Obstn
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.01417,-2.85000
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.01410,-2.85147
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 56.01417,-2.85000
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -5
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : Obstruction
Type : ANTI-TANK BLOCKS
Contact Description : Other
Original Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1975
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **H2335/59 17.4.75 ACROSS ABERLADY SANDS FROM POSN 60DEG 5CABLES APPROX FROM ABERLADY CHURCH. LINE OF CONCRETE ANTI-TANK BLOCKS RUNS NORTHWARDS. (HMS EGERIA, 1958). NCA.
**15.7.93 SHOWN AS CAUSEWAY RUNNING N/S ON ABERLADY BAY LNR & SSSI 1993 COASTAL MAP [1:7500 OGB DATUM]. (UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH). NCA. SEE [2879].
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 22/10/2003
Date Position Last Amended : 22/10/2003
