Sheriffmuir Atlantic Wall, D-Day Practise Site in Scotland

In 1943 a replica section of the Atlantic wall and defensive positions were built in remote moorland in Scotland near Stirling to rehearse for the D-Day landings.

The site contains a mock section of the atlantic wall 86 meters long, 3 meters high and 3 meters thick along half its length. Evidence of the breaching trials can be seen in the wall, including a 4 meter wide breach which has thrown debris back over 30 meters as well as being extensively pitted by impacts from a variety of calibres. On the "seaward" facing side of the wall, there is a defensive anti-tank ditch.

To the northeast of the wall there is a bunker level to the ground featuring two Tobruk observation and firing holes which were a common feature in the coastal defences of Normandy.

The site also has a gun emplacement which resembles the gun emplacements located on the Normandy coast to fire along the beaches.

A bunker level to the ground featuring two Tobruks

A close up of the bunkers Tobruk

The entrance to the bunker.

A close up to the wall

The rear of the wall

A close up of the wall breach

Rebar exposed by the breach

A tunnel in the wall

A secind breach in the thinner section of the wall

A secind breach in the thinner section of the wall

Anti-tank ditch in front of the wall

Damage to the wall from high calibre weapons

The breach in the wall

The breach in the wall

A thick section of the wall with anti-tank ditch

The length of the wall and anti-tank ditch

A wide view of the wall

The gun emplacement.



Location of Sheriffmuir's Atlantic Wall

The wall is located in moorland near Dunblane.
Latitude: 56.211239, Longitude: -3.875278

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