The Atlantic Wall
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snaik
N 56° 12.691 W 003° 52.506
30V E 445721 N 6229965
Location of part of the preparation for D-Day
Waymark Code: WM12BP4
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/21/2020
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In 1943 a replica section of the Atlantic wall and defensive positions were built in remote moorland in Scotland near Stirling to rehearse for the D-Day landings.
The site contains a mock section of the Atlantic wall 86 metres long, 3 metres high and 3 metres thick along half its length.
Evidence of the breaching trials can be seen in the wall, including a 4 metre wide breach which has thrown debris back over 30 meters as well as being extensively pitted by impacts from a variety of calibres. On the "seaward" facing side of the wall, there is a defensive anti-tank ditch.
To the northeast of the wall there is a bunker level to the ground featuring two Tobruk observation and firing holes which were a common feature in the coastal defences of Normandy.
The site also has a gun emplacement which resembles the gun emplacements located on the Normandy coast to fire along the beaches.
Era: WW II
General Comments: Not listed
Related web site: Not listed
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