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Gun emplacement [probably, pillbox] in arable field (currently 'set aside'). The site is covered by whin bushes and vegetation, and used as a stone dump by the farmer of Turnhouse Farm. Panoramic views in all directions.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/08/14)


      

        Official Name
        RAF Turnhouse
      

      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX
      

      

        Location
        Lennie Gate, about 100m S of Cammo Road, and about 100m W of boundary wall of Cammo estate.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            NT 1710 7475
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Unknown

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The structure is heavily overgrown.

            Type: Dumping (Medium Term) 
Detail: The site is used as a stone dump.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Dean, Valerie E.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 RAF Turnhouse defences - Perimeter defences. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (2) - site location maps.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0013860

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Scottish NMR (ref: NT17NE)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1997/08/14 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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