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There a few ''Beach Sculptures'' along this stretch of coast, which someone has made from World War Two Anti-Invasion Defence scrap metal lying around the beach, there are so many different types of steel objects its hard to know for certain why they were once used for ?
There are many Anti-Invasion Obstacles, one such Obstacle is Admiralty Scaffolding, also known as Obstacle Z.1 or sometimes simply given as Beach Scaffolding or Anti-Tank Scaffolding, it was a British design of an Anti-Tank and Anti-Boat Obstacle made of tubular steel poles. Which were widely deployed on beaches of southern England, eastern England and the south western peninsula during the invasion crisis of 1940 to 1941, Scaffolding was also used, though more sparingly, inland.
Of a number of similar designs, by far the most common was designated ''Obstacle Z.1'' this design comprised of upright tubes 9ft high and 4ft 10in apart, these were connected by up to four horizontal tubes, each upright was braced by a pair of diagonal tubes, at about 45° to the rear, 20ft wide sections were preassembled and then carried to the sea to be placed in position at the half tide mark as an Anti-Landing Obstacle to boats.
However, trials found that a 250 ton barge at 5 1⁄2 knots (6.3 mph) or an 80 ton trawler at 7 1⁄2 knots (8.6 mph) would pass through the Obstacle as if it were not there and a trawler easily pulled out one bay with an attached wire rope. Tests in October 1940, confirmed that tanks could only break through with difficulty, as a result Z.1 was adopted as an Anti-Tank Barrier for beaches thought suitable for landing tanks. As an Anti-Tank Barrier it was placed at or just above the high water point where it would be difficult for tanks to get enough momentum to break through the barrier. In some places, two sets of scaffolding were set up, one in the water against boats and one at high water against tanks.
The problem of securing the Anti-Tank Barriers on sand was overcome by the development of the Sword Picket by Stewarts & Lloyds, this device was later known at the Admiralty as the ''Wallace Sword'' Anti-Tank Barriers varying in length from a couple of hundred feet to three miles were constructed consuming 50% of Britain's production of scaffolding steel at an estimated cost of £6,600 per mile (equivalent to £360,000 today) despite this, many miles of Admiralty Scaffolding was erected using more than 15,000 miles of scaffolding tube. After the war, the scaffolding got in the way of swimmers, and the Scaffolding was soon removed for scrap and any remaining traces are now very rare, but are occasionally revealed by storms.
At 2-0 ahead we still had to defend well - and did. Here Ward-Prowse, with a formidable reputation as an epert taker of free kicks just outside the area, hit a good, curling shot but our wall was immaculate, with Norgaard covering a low shot and the others, all big lads, jumping with perfect timing. The shot was deflected safely away by Ajer and later Ward-Prowse blazed one from a similar position over the bar.
I'm no expert in soccer tactics but it would seem to me that the goalkeeper is the last line of defence?
The effectiveness of coastal defence relies on early warning, and as the occupation developed this was achieved through two surface watching radar stations at Eiði and Sydero. Eiði was a joint air and surface watching station and was equipped with two R.D.F. sets; an A.M.E.S. No. 6 Light Warning Set, and a Naval 273S set with a range of 10-25 miles.
The remains today are impressive in their own way. The main building has a number of visible phases to it, probably reflecting the haste with which they were constructed but also the development of technologies deployed. The 7-sided mounting on the roof would have held one of the radar antennas, while others may have been mounted on trailers or wooden masts. The severity of the weather can not be underestimated, nor the 45 minute hike to reach this exposed and isolated station.
Associated with the radar station further up the hill, this is likely to have been the domestic site, housing the crews and possibly some technical equipment supporting the radio direction finding operations. Only the concrete walls remain, with their inclusions of large rocks, to speed construction and reduce the amount of cement required. Holes in the walls and concrete plinths suggest stoves or cookers, but not many other clues remain.
The third element to the radar site at Eiði are the two anti-aircraft positions. They have been constructed in the same manner as traditional dry stone sheep pens on the Faroes, but with a concrete floor and holdfasts for anti-aircraft mountings. Given their position by the domestic buildings I believe they were constructed for the purpose of AA defence, as opposed to being converted from agricultural to defence later. They may have been built by skilled local workers as opposed to British soldiers, hence their solid construction and familiarity as animal enclosures.
Underneath and within the statue of the Motherland, the museum is dedicated to the defenders of Kyiv during World War II. The grounds surrounding contain a plethora of old military planes, tanks and military vehicles as well as some Soviet realist sculpture. There is also a small site next door dedicated to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.