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Anti landing poles. At low tide short poles can be seen sticking up on the flat expanses of Tentsmuir Sands. They have been cut down in size since the end of the war and were intended to deter aircraft from landing on the beach at low tide.
(Source: Field Visit 1993/08/08)
Type of site | ANTI LANDING POLE |
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Location | Tentsmuir Sands |
Area |
Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Grid reference |
NO 50 26
(Scale: 1:10000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Steel |
Recorder | Guy, John A. (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Fife coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
DOB site reference: | S0011524 |
Reference |
1994 The World War One and Two Defences of Fife |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1993/08/08 |