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Edinburgh, Cramond, Marine Drive, Civil Starfish Decoy Site
Decoy Site (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Cramond, Marine Drive, Civil Starfish Decoy Site
Classification Decoy Site (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Silverknowes; Forth Defences
Canmore ID 186313
Site Number NT17NE 212
NGR NT 1990 7695
NGR Description Centred NT 1990 7695
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/186313
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Cramond
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT17NE 212 centred 1990 7695
A site listed as a 'Starfish' decoy site (Dobinson 2000) has been identified from RAF WWII aerial photographs (NLA/14: 619 to 621, flown 19 June 1941) in an area now occupied by the W end of Marine Drive. The area is of a triangular shape and the aerial photographs show a group of the 'fire-burning' boxes and the electricity generating bunker.
A 'Starfish' decoy was intended to divert bombing attacks from the intended target by giving the illusion of a burning town or city. It is probable that this site is connected with the dummy heavy AA battery situated to the E on Silverknowes golf course (NT27NW 51).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), May 2001.
Note (15 February 2023)
The control bunker for the Decoy site stood c850m to the SSE (see NT27NW 655).
Information from HES 15 February 2023
