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Tyninghame, Links Wood
Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century), Road Block (20th Century)
Site Name Tyninghame, Links Wood
Classification Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century), Road Block (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ravensheugh Sands; Bathan's Strand; John Muir Country Park; Firth Of Forth; Tyninghame House Policies
Canmore ID 121982
Site Number NT68SW 49
NGR NT 6329 8068
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/121982
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Whitekirk And Tyninghame
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT68SW 49 6329 8068
This road block and line of anti-tank blocks are situated each side of a footpath that runs from the car park to the shore at a point where it S-bends, almost at the coast.
A very good example of of a road block in a line of anti-tank blocks. Concrete cylinders that would have been rolled across the road are still visible on one side of the track. There are slots in the concrete block for the posts.
J A Guy 1997; NMRS MS 810/5, 199-202.
Field Visit (5 November 2017)
A graffiti on the NE face of the slotted block of concrete that forms the NW side of the World War Two roadblock reads 'WE SHOULD STAY QUIET NO LONGER'.
Visited by HES Survey and Recording (JRS) 5 November 2017.
