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Small gun emplacement with domed rusty metal roof. [Similar in style to, but not, an Allan Williams turret, one of three along this coast and part of RAF Crail defences]. [Information from R. Marsden].
(Source: Field Visit )
Steel dome set on steel cylinder and buried. It is not an Allan Williams turret, but shows similarities.
(Source: Field Visit 1992/06/07)
Two-man coastal observation post constructed of concrete with domed sheet iron roof. Concrete slit seaward and hinged steel door to landward. Generally in poor condition. P Yeoman 1992. A WW2 steel pillbox/watchpost situated next to the coastal path on the edge of the golf course, N of the Club House. The pillbox has a steel domed top with a cylinder below, though similar to, it is not an Allan Williams Turret. J Guy 1994; NMRS MS 810/3, 80
(Source: NMR )


      

        Official Name
        RAF Crail
      

      

        Type of site
        ALLAN WILLIAMS TURRET
      

      

        Location
        On coastal path, on edge of golf course, NE of Club House, Balcomie Golf Links, Fife Ness

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Crail, Fife, Scotland

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            NO 6348 1011
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Bad

      

      

        Materials
        
            Steel
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Deterioration (Long Term) 
Detail: General deterioration (rust).

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Marsden, Roy
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Fife coast defences - Coastal crust defences 

 
 RAF Crail defences - Ground, perimeter and ground-to-air defences. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        Additional information in John Guy's WW 1 & 2 Defences of Fife (see Scottish multi counties box).

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (1) - external view, in John Guy's WW 1 & 2 Defences of Fife (see Scottish multi counties box).  
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001826

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Scottish NMR (ref: NO61SW 16)
        
      

      

        Original Reference
        7149
      

      

        Reference
        
             1994 The World War One and Two Defences of Fife

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 1992 

            Field Visit, During 1994 

            Field Visit, On 1992/06/07 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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