Above is a prototype 'Beetle' used to support the rolling road which can be seen at Portyerrock bay, at low tide. The bay is beside the road from Garlieston to Isle of Whithorn. When we last visited we were delighted to see seals nearby.
Rigg Bay, for use with Mulberry Harbour
Garlieston in 1943-1944, was the scene for full scale sea trials of the structures and ideas which resulted in the floating Mulberry Harbours, used off Normandy immediately after D-Day to supply the armies in the Battle of France. Garlieston was chosen as a secret location for its trials because of the large rise and fall of tides on an exposed coast, similar to that of Normandy.
From the harbour you can see two wrecked “beetles”, pontoons stranded on Eggerness rocks, and at Rigg Bay, the metal structure with cormorants nesting on it is what remains of a “hippo”.
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