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Pefferside
Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century)
Site Name Pefferside
Classification Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scoughall Links
Canmore ID 113700
Site Number NT68SW 40
NGR NT 618 823
NGR Description From NT 618 823 to NT 620 825
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113700
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Whitekirk And Tyninghame
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT68SW 40 618 823 to 620 825
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 620 825 - NT 618 823 WW2 defences
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996
A complex of WW2 defences at Pefferside was seen. These consist of a single row of concrete cubes (1.5m high x 1.2m) running east west on the south side of the burn, parallel to this on the north side and at 0.6m distance, a single row of concrete 'dragons teeth' (flattened pyramid shapes) were seen. This line of defences is broken by a farm track but resumes on the other side and joins with a double row of anti-tank cubes running north-south approximately 200-300m inland. This double row continues on the north side of the burn, but most of the cubes have been smashed or moved around the grounds of the school camp. Shown on 1946 AP's and still extant on 1973 AP's B108 5271-3 15/4/46; B739 009-010 30/7/73.
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.
A single line of anti-tank blocks and parallel with it, a line of anti-tank pimples run to the mouth of the Peffer Burn.
J A Guy 1997; NMRS MS 810/5, 206, 208.
Field Visit (17 February 1996)
A complex of WW2 defences at Pefferside was seen. These consist of a single row of concrete cubes (1.5m high x 1.2m) running east west on the south side of the burn, parallel to this on the north side and at 0.6m distance, a single row of concrete 'dragons teeth' (flattened pyramid shapes) were seen. This line of defences is broken by a farm track but resumes on the other side and joins with a double row of anti-tank cubes running north-south approximately 200-300m inland. This double row continues on the north side of the burn, but most of the cubes have been smashed or moved around the grounds of the school camp. Shown on 1946 AP's and still extant on 1973 AP's B108 5271-3 15/4/46; B739 009-010 30/7/73.
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.
