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Mulberry Harbour 'beetle': Cairnhead Bay, Rigg Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth

Pontoon (second World War)
Mulberry Harbour 'beetle': Cairnhead Bay, Rigg Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mulberry Harbour 'beetle': Cairnhead Bay, Rigg Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth as Pontoon (second World War). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Mulberry Harbour 'beetle' is a temporary floating breakwater structure from World War II, used to support Allied landings. It represents significant 20th-century military engineering associated with the D-Day invasion.

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Photo: Colin Kinnear · CC BY-SA 2.0