Monument record DUN 086 - World War II coastal defences on the beach.

Beach defence scaffolding can be seen as a structure running along the beach to the east of Minsmere bird reserve for c1.25km on 1941 aerial photographs (S1). There is one main section, with other short sections visible in places. There are also a few stretches of scaffolding running E-W across the beach, abutting the main N-S line of the defences. These features can just about be made out on 1945 aerial photographs, but they are not so clear.
23-24 July 2011: series of wooden posts visible at low water mark after low tide along this alignment probably from remains of these emplacements (S3).

Over the past year or two some Steel spikes at Minsmere, part of the WW2 anti-invasion defences, have become exposed at low water due to loss of material from the beach. These are an obvious hazard to the public, and accordingly arrangements were made to remove the spikes.The feature consists of 14 large steel spikes, an obstacle that was part of the WW2 anti-invasion defences (S4, S5).