Location
Newburgh beach
Newburgh, Ellon, Aberdeenshire
Date
1940
Description
A square concrete block of the kind that once covered much of the coasts of Britain and Europe, with carved graffiti. Blocks of concrete such as this still stretch all the way from Aberdeen to the mouth of the River Ythan at Newburgh. There are also extant examples on more northerly Aberdeenshire beaches that could have been used for landing. Built in 1940 they were designed to prevent tanks landing during the feared Nazi invasion. Some have simple graffiti on them but this one was richly decorated by Louis Lawson. There is a caricature of Churchill who is watching Hitler looking upwards at a bomb falling from the sky. At the bottom there is the chilling message "Hitler's Graveyard".
Era
1900s
Information Source
Photographer
Categories
Iconography
- aircraft
- arrow
- bomb
- heart
- human face or head
Creator
- Louis Lawson, others
Photographer
- Martyn Gorman
Unavailable Data
- OS Map Reference
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