Roseisle Beach Defences Burghead, Scotland The beach at Roseisle near Burghead were used by the Americans and Canadians for training exercises for the D Day landings. Just off the coast at Findhorn are 8 amphibious tanks that sank during training exercises. What makes them particularly interesting is that they are […]
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Anti Invasion Defences. As an enthusiast for all matters relating to the second world war I was very surprised to find when I moved house to Scotland substantial lengths of coastal defences still in place with only small amounts of it being removed and some buried by the continual shifting […]
Defences at Findhorn Findhorn is located on the Moray Firth and is the next settlement to the west of Roseisle. The sandy beaches and easy access inland from same made this area a potentially attractive invasion area. It was therefore heavily fortified. The whole of the peninsular on which the […]