Not all German concrete constructions in Normandy were used to house weapons for defence, as this large wall inland of the coastal town of Gatteville on the north Cotentin coast shows.
Often overlooking in favour of the famous lighthouse and batteries in the area, this construction was part of the wider infrastructure as it was a loading bay for transporting building materials along the rail network of the area from source to the massive construction projects along the coast.
The 60m long wall enabled lorries to deposit material into railway trucks on the line below.
Sited near a large quarry and inland of the beaches at Gatteville and Rethoville, the line was used to move sand and gravel to construction sites.
Today the track bed for the railway line can still be seen snaking off towards the port city of Cherbourg for a few hundred metres, but the rails, engine sheds, and supporting buildings once located here have long since gone.