NS4277 : Starfish Decoy control bunker
taken 15 years ago, near to Bellsmyre, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
The present view includes a concrete hut base in the foreground. In the background, the land dips out of sight in the tree-lined glen of NS4277 : The Garshake Burn. Behind that, NS4277 : Black Wood can be seen on a ridge between the glen of the Garshake Burn and NS4377 : The glen of the Overtoun Burn. Yet further away, part of the escarpment of the Kilpatrick Hills can be seen, right of centre, on the skyline: NS4376 : The Long Crags.
During the Second World War, so-called Starfish decoys were carefully designed to provide very convincing false targets for enemy bombers. See Link
(at Secret Scotland) for a full explanation; Link
The woodland occupies 240 hectares (590 acres) that were acquired by the Woodland Trust Scotland in 2011. It is named after the Long Crags (or Lang Craigs), a line of cliffs — Link — making up the facade of the Kilpatrick Hills plateau. Lang Craigs Woodland is one of the 13 Commonwealth Woods, and is an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). New paths have been laid out (waymarkers were added in May 2015), and about 160 hectares of new native woodland planted.
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- Grid Square
- NS4277, 78 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Lairich Rig (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 1 May, 2011 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 12 May, 2011
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 4204 7754
[10m precision]
WGS84: 55:57.8885N 4:31.9336W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
NS 4200 7755
- View Direction
- East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
