Gullane Bay, Maggie's Loup
Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century), Trench (20th Century)
Site Name Gullane Bay, Maggie's Loup
Classification Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century), Trench (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Corby Crags; Hummel Rocks
Canmore ID 113536
Site Number NT48SE 68
NGR NT 467 830
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113536
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dirleton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT48SE 68 467 830
See also NT48SE 65 and NT48SE 66.
Incorporates information from cancelled site NT48SE 67
NT 467 830. 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 467 830 WW2 anti-tank blocks
NT 465 831 WW2 defences
NT 465 831 WW2 defences
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996.
A double row of cast concrete blocks with a corrugated surface runs approximately north-south for 50m on the headland above Hummel Rocks.
Slit trench system observed on 1946 aerial photographs. B108 5311-12 15/4/46
Double row of anti-tank blocks running N-S from shoreline observed from 1946 aerial photographs. B108 5310-11 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' 19th February 1996.
Field Visit (19 February 1996)
A double row of cast concrete blocks with a corrugated surface runs approximately north-south for 50m on the headland above Hummel Rocks.
Slit trench system observed on 1946 aerial photographs. B108 5311-12 15/4/46
Double row of anti-tank blocks running N-S from shoreline observed from 1946 aerial photographs. B108 5310-11 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' 19th February 1996.
