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Rattray Head

Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century)

Site Name Rattray Head

Classification Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Rattray Head Anti-tank Line

Canmore ID 249648

Site Number NK15NW 1.08

NGR NK 1053 5805

NGR Description NK c.1053 5805

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Crimond
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Banff And Buchan
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NK15NW 1.08 c.1053 5805

A small group of anti-tank blocks or pimples situated in the dunes at Rattray Head is visible on post-war vertical air photographs (RAF 106G/Scot/UK 135, 1001-1002, flown 30 June 1946). The blocks trend in a NE to SW direction for about 30m and are arranged in two rows of four and one row of three. The group is E and forward of the anti-tank ditch. It is not known whether these blocks survive.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), August 2003

Activities

Field Visit (October 2022)

NK 10530 58050 Visited during fieldwork by SCAPE. Pillbox and anti-tank blocks not identified during survey.

Information from S. Boyd and J. Hambly - Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE)

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