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Inverbervie Beach...
Well if we're going that far north...

Here's one on the eastern approaches to Elgin.


The walls are constructed completely of local sandstone which is rather soft and probably wouldn't have stopped a butter knife never mind an 88mm shell from a german panzer




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I reckon these are WW2 obsticles but cant say for sure, them triangles are strange





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They're anti tank obstacles.

Some near Dinas Dinclle beach used as coastal protection:



And some near Hazel Grove railway bridge:

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Wow that beach set are fantastic, These cylinders are on the A59 in Burscough in 2 different locations



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