Hidden WW2 bunker resurfaces on Scots beach after storm causes shifting sand
dailyrecord.co.ukA hidden World War 2 bunker has resurfaced after a storm caused shifting sands on an Aberdeenshire beach.Alan Neave, 66, was out walking his dog when he found the concrete structure had appeared overnight on Blackdog beach on 21 March.The bunker stands as one of the few survivors of the nearly 28,000 which were built to house automatic gun positions to ward off German attack, when Blackdog - which sits north of Aberdeen - played a key role in the area's defences during the war.Speaking to the Record, he said: "It's only appeared in the last couple of weeks.
We were quite surprised it just came out of the blue one day."I went over to investigate it and looked inside, it looked like it was designed as a military observation post.
I posted it to the local group and no one can remember ever seeing it, even a lot of the elderly who've stayed about this area for most of their lives."We think it must have been on top of the dunes at some point.
We're finding that the sand dunes are eroding quite fast depending on storms that hit the beaches."The huts were built as temporary structures between 1940 and 1941, and nicknamed 'pill boxes' due to their similarity to medicine boxes at the time.
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