
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mulberry: Rigg Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth as Pontoon (20th Century). 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, part of the Allied "Mulberry" harbor project, deployed during World War II. It was lost in 1944 after being abandoned in Rigg Bay, Wigtown Bay, as the war effort no longer required it; no lives were lost, and its significance lies in its role in supporting the D-Day landings.
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Places near here
Galloway House, Walled Garden and Gardener's CottageCottage (18th Century), Walled Garden (18th Century) · 395 yd
Galloway House, Garlieston HouseCountry House (period Unassigned) · 498 yd
Rigg BayBay · 539 yd
Harriet: Rigg Point, Garlieston Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 612 yd
CruggletonNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1488 yd
Gleaner: Garlieston Harbour Entrance, Garlieston Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthCutter (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.1 mi
Cruggleton, Old Parish Church and Burial GroundBurial Ground (medieval), Church (12th Century) · 1.1 mi
Cruggleton CastleCastle (medieval), Motte (medieval), Settlement (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 1.3 mi
Garlieston BayBay · 1.3 mi
Murray's HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Outtle Well PlantationWood · 2.1 miOther information
Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0