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Tentsmuir Forest
Command Post (20th Century), Observation Post (20th Century)
Site Name Tentsmuir Forest
Classification Command Post (20th Century), Observation Post (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tentsmuir Coastal Defences; Tentsmuir Sands
Canmore ID 84179
Site Number NO42SE 57
NGR NO 4986 2302
NGR Description NO c. 4986 2302
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/84179
- Council Fife
- Parish Leuchars
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO42SE 57 c. 4986 2302
For other military command, training and defensive structures on Tentsmuir Sands, see also:
NO42NE 71-3, 117 and 127
NO42SE 56 and NO42SE 77 -9 and 81
NO 4968 2304 A concrete lookout position is situated in sand-dunes, S of the Tentsmuir Forest. The WW2 wood and concrete command post covered the section behind. Wood supports have now collapsed.
J Guy 1994; NMRS MS 810/3, 136-7.
Rectangular concrete pillbox situated on top of old dune behind beach line. Slit openings to E, N, and NW. Entered by door from back of dune.
Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Fife Ness to Newburgh 1996.
