Condition

3
Floating harbour construction site
Modern
265635
MDG22253
Dumfries and Galloway

Description

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
The 'Beetle' 21/10/2015 The 'Beetle' training1
The 'Beetle'
The 'Beetle' 21/10/2015 The 'Beetle' training1
The 'Beetle'
The 'Beetle' 21/10/2015 The 'Beetle' training1
The 'Beetle'
'Beetle' and platform 21/10/2015 'Beetle' and platform training1
'Beetle' and platform
Stone and concrete platform 21/10/2015 Stone and concrete platform training1
Stone and concrete platform
Mulberry construction site coast edge 21/10/2015 Mulberry construction site coast edge training1
Mulberry construction site coast edge

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.
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