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West Sands, St Andrews Bay
Machine Gun Post (First World War), Trench(S) (First World War)
Site Name West Sands, St Andrews Bay
Classification Machine Gun Post (First World War), Trench(S) (First World War)
Canmore ID 332335
Site Number NO51NW 743
NGR NO 50354 17168
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/332335
- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
A map of field defences in Scotland in 1916 records that there were two firing trenches and a machine gun post covering the southern exit from the beach into St Andrews.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 10 September 2013.
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
