Aberdeenshire HER - NJ91NE0054 - BLAIRTON BURN

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ91NE0054
Name	BLAIRTON BURN
NRHE Card No.	NJ91NE45
NRHE Numlink	111706
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of anti-tank blocks. RCAHMS visit 1996 recorded two concrete anti-tank blocks studded with stones on their upper surfaces lie in the channel of the Blairton Burn on the seaward side of the dunes that fringe Pettens Links. Defence of Scotland project noted a double row of circa 40 blocks. The line of anti-tank blocks is visible on postwar vertical air photographs Survey by AOC Archaeology 2006 and 2007 recorded a total of 30 anti-tank blocks in and around the channel of the Blairton Burn. The line of concrete blocks extends northwards and another group is visible at the mouth of the Menie Burn. The pillbox was not visible during the visit by RCAHMS in 1996 and is likely to have either been removed by the sea or buried by the drifting sand dunes. Anti-tank blocks across the mouth of the burn and a pillbox on the edge of the dunes were reported in February 2014 following winter storms (NJ91NE0139). They were originally part of defensive line which extended from Foveran Links to Blackdog Links.
Last Update	12/06/2023
Updated By	cpalmer

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Google Map for NJ91NE0054

National Grid Reference: NJ 9847 1943

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
	1998				RCM	RCM
	2006			AOC

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
DEFENCES	ANTI-TANK	REMAINS OF	B	100
BLOCKS	ANTI-TANK	REMAINS OF	A	100