This is a prototype testing site and associated accommodation camp for the Mulberry Harbour Project, part of the D-day preparations which involved the creation of a harbour to facilitate the beach landings. The history and development of the site and the other testing / experimental locations around the Wigtownshire coast are presented online at http://garlieston.net/wwii/ and http://www.mulberryharbour.info/.
The complex includes the remains of the landward end of the Mulberry harbour prototype; concrete structures on the foreshore, tethering posts, a concrete pontoon used as a support for the floating roadway, and associated brick and concrete structures in the hinterland; including concrete hut bases and standing buildings.
See individual site records for details. SCHARP IDs :
Beetle 13984
Mooring blocks 13882, 13883
Concrete plinths 13889, 13892
Floating roadway 13894
Building 13900
Accommodation camps/buildings 13884, 13901, 13902, 13903
Location
248310.00
538370.00
27700
54.7173882
-4.3564711
Submitted photographs
Image
Date
Caption
User
21/10/2015
The 'Beetle'
training1
21/10/2015
The 'Beetle'
training1
21/10/2015
The 'Beetle'
training1
21/10/2015
'Beetle' and platform
training1
21/10/2015
Stone and concrete platform
training1
21/10/2015
Mulberry construction site coast edge
training1
Submitted updates
Update id
Date
User
2255
21/10/2015
training1
Tidal state
Low
Site located?
Yes
Proximity to coast edge
Intertidal
Visibility above ground
Highly visible (substantial remains)
Description
Rectilinear upstanding platform 1m from HWM. 2m x 2m x 0.5m
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.