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Unknown: Aberlady Bay, Firth Of Forth
Obstruction (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Unknown: Aberlady Bay, Firth Of Forth
Classification Obstruction (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gullane Sands; Outer Forth Estuary; Obstruction
Canmore ID 102105
Site Number NT48SW 8002
NGR NT 44793 81568
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102105
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT48SW 8002 4479 8156
N56 1.4333 W2 53.15
Formerly entered as NT48SW 8641.
See also NT48SW 8003 and NT48SE 8008.
NLO: Aberlady Bay [name centred NT 457 808]
Gullane Sands [name centred NT 455 815].
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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11 June 1959. An obstruction dries in 56 01 26N, 002 53 09W, which is also reported to be the wreck of a midget submarine.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
The obstructions noted under NT48SW 8002 and NT48SW 8003 are unlikely to be the remains of midget submarines; the only such craft understood to have been wrecked locally are the two recorded (and accurately located) as NT48SE 8008. In view of the presence of many remains of wartime military activity (including offshore targets) on Gullane Sands, they are probably fixed military structures rather than maritime remains.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 February 2003.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002883
Feature Class : Obstn
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.02389,-2.88583
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.02382,-2.88730
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Water Level Effect : Covers and uncovers
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : Obstruction
Type : CONCRETE BLOCK
Contact Description : Other
Original Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1959
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **H2335/59 11.6.59 OBSTN (DRIES) IN 560126N, 025309W. (HMS EGERIA). BR STD.
**NOT SHOWN ON ABERLADY BAY LNR & SSSI 1993 COASTAL MAP [1:7500 OGB DATUM]. (UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH). NCA.
Chart Symbol : OB Dries
Date Last Amended : 23/10/2003
