Dunbar
The large area of reclaimed land behind the 'Divvy Dykes' was in use in 1945 as the town 'dump'. When this use ceased in the 1960s, the land was graded, the ponds made shallower, and large amounts of topsoil were brought in to raise the level. Planting and grassing have improved the aspect of the area and the ponds and their surrounds are attractive to water birds. The land immediately adjacent to the coast both east and west of the burgh has been managed for golf. Erosion at Belhaven Bay was controlled by depositing recycled ‘tank traps’ as a wave defence (c1970) and by the placement of mesh cubes containing smaller rubble at places on the coastal perimeter (c1990). Under St Margaret's, the seawall was breached (c1970) and erosion has necessitated moving the coastal path successively inland. Parts of the Clifftop Promenade are less secure, through crumbling of the cliff (in one place a complete new sea stack was formed in scarcely 20 years (c1970-1990), and the war Memorial was relocated to a more secure site on the former Bayswell putting green (closed c1975). Below, virtually no trace remains of the concrete walkways of the Old Bathe; the seawall of the pond was breached c1975 and is now ineffective. At the Dunbar end of Bayswell, the entire edifice of the grand outdoor bathing and boating complex was completely removed in January 1985 and the beach restored to nature. Repairs to the north wall of Victoria Harbour were undertaken in the 1960s. The redundant rubble was used to block the old Broadhaven port entrance; this has affected the pattern of silt deposition (as well as providing the expected calming effect in the harbours). The Castle itself suffered permanent change when the 'Gunholes' (a surviving, breached curtain wall) collapsed.