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Mulberry Harbour 'beetle': Cairnhead Bay, Rigg Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth
Pontoon (Second World War)
Site Name Mulberry Harbour 'beetle': Cairnhead Bay, Rigg Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth
Classification Pontoon (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Old Hugh; Cairnhead Farm; Rigg Or Cruggleton Bay
Canmore ID 287700
Site Number NX43NE 8050
NGR NX 4833 3840
NGR Description NX c. 4833 3840
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/287700
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX43NE 8050 c. 4833 3840
N54 43.06 W4 21.3
NLO: Old Hugh [rock] [name: NX 4820 3847]
Cairnhead Bay [name centred NX 4833 3846]
Rigg or Cruggleton Bay [name centred NX 480 446]
Wigtown Bay [name centred NX 52 48].
For associated Mulberry harbour construction yard (centred NX 48537 38381), see NX43NE 87.
See also:
NX43NE 87 Centred 48537 38381 Cairnhead (Rigg Bay) - Mulberry Harbour Project Construction Yard
NX44NE 8035 Centred NX 49540 47501 Port Whapple, Eggerness - Mulberry Harbour remains
NX44NE 8036 NX 48807 46478 and NX 48833 46443 Garlieston Bay - Mulberry harbour Remains
NX44SE 8007 NX 48528 44533 Rigg Bay - Mulberry Harbour Remains
NX44SE 8023 NX 47565 44644 Rigg Bay - Mulberry Harbour Remains
The concrete 'beetle' (NX43NE 8050), a reinforced concrete or steel, pontoon to carry a floating roadway is in Rigg Bay at c.NX 4833 3840. The pontoon has broken free of its moorings and now rests on the shore on the S part of Rigg Bay.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2006
Measured Survey (3 November 2004)
A differential GPS survey of the surviving elements of the Mulberry harbour was undertaken on 3rd November 2004.
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 19 April 2010
Note (April 2006)
The concrete 'beetle' (NX43NE 8050), a reinforced concrete or steel, pontoon to carry a floating roadway is in Rigg Bay at c.NX 4833 3840. The pontoon has broken free of its moorings and now rests on the shore on the S part of Rigg Bay.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2006
Field Visit (2014)
Rectilinear upstanding platform 1m from HWM. 2m x 2m x 0.5m.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 2014
Field Visit (21 October 2015)
ShoreUPDATE 21/10/2015 This is a construction yard and accommodation camp for the Mulberry Harbour Project, part of the D-day preparations.
The complex includes brick and concrete structures in the hinterland, concrete hut bases and large concrete yards. Immediately behind the coast edge is a stone and brick shed. On the coast edge is the platform described in the original survey, constructed of stone and mortar walls standing up to 0.5m high, constructed directly onto bedrock, 1.9m square in plan, capped with a concrete slab roof. Just offshore is a single concrete beetle, a pontoon intended to form part of a floating harbour.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 2015
