World War Two uncovered

This latest picture taken by Stephen Mole shows the Second World War sea defences which were buried deep in the dunes by the army in 1945 and further covered by even more sand with beach accretion prior to offshore dredging, now exposed by massive beach and dune destruction.

The steel poles once carried swathes of barbed wire, now mainly rusted away, all acting as a deterrent to invasion, along with extensive lines of mines. The huge concrete blocks were known as ‘tank traps’.

World War Two uncovered


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