
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mulberry: Garlieston Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth as Pontoon(s) (second World War). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Mulberry was a temporary harbor structure, or pontoon, constructed during the Second World War. It was located in Garlieston Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth, and was part of a series of floating docks used to support military operations; no lives or cargo were lost, as it was a fixed, non-sailing structure.
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Places near here
Garlieston BayBay · 650 yd
Garlieston Bay, BreakwaterBreakwater (period Unassigned) · 778 yd
Garlieston HarbourHarbour (19th Century) · 804 yd
Venus: Garlieston Harbour, Garlieston Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthCraft (19th Century) · 827 yd
EggernessCup and Ring Marked Rock (prehistoric), Cup Marked Rock (prehistoric) · 879 yd
Gleaner: Garlieston Harbour Entrance, Garlieston Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthCutter (19th Century) · 991 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1123 yd
Mulberry: Port Whapple, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthPontoon(s) (second World War) · 1372 yd
Eggerness CastleCastle (medieval)(possible), Promontory Fort (period Unassigned) · 1574 yd
Rigg BayBay · 1.3 mi
Outtle Well PlantationWood · 1.7 mi
Cruggleton CastleCastle (medieval), Motte (medieval), Settlement (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Andy Farrington · CC BY-SA 2.0