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Loopholed wall. Two pairs of loopholes in stone wall.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/07/09)
Two pairs of square concrete blocks, with square centre holes, set into stone wall on NE side of Quality Street/Queensferry Road junction. It is thought these are in their original positions.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/03)
Type of site | LOOPHOLED WALL |
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Location | On the NE side of the main road junction (Quality Street with Hillhouse Road) at Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh. |
Area |
Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Grid reference |
NT 2063 7517
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1986)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete, Stone |
Recorder | Guy, John A. (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
City of Edinburgh defences (Black Line) - The Outer Perimeter Defences (the Black Line). Reference: City of Edinburgh Zone Home Guard, 31 Aug 1940, WO199/280. Cited in Redfern, N. 1998, Twentieth Century Fortifications in the United Kingdom, Vol V. Site gazetteer: Scotland (ii), p. 87-98. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - site location map. |
Photographs |
(2) - site views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0011864 |
Associated Identifier | Scottish NMR (ref: NT27NW 52) |
Reference |
1997 Lothian Region, A Survey of 20th Century Defences in the Lothian Region |
Event |
Field Visit, During 1997/03 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/07/09 |