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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
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Half-hexagon pillbox, with two embrasures in each face. It is built into a hillside with the entrance in the centre of the rear wall. It faces W covering a bridge over a railway line, and has an extra downward-facing embrasure built into the SW corner to fire into the railway cutting. The embrasures have been glazed with different coloured glass, creating the look of a church inside!
(Source: Field Visit 2001/08/20)
Pillbox. Cannot be accurately located from the available map evidence. Hexagonal concrete pillbox with two embrasures.
(Source: NMR 1999/07/19)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | Covering a bridge carrying the B9002 road over the railway line S of Gartly, near the junction with the A97 road to Kennethmont. |
| Area |
Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Grid reference |
NJ 528 314
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Armishaw, A. |
| Defence grouping |
Aberdeenshire coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
| Attached Sheets | (1) - sheet with printed photographs. |
| Photographs |
(2) - exterior and interior views (1 DIGITISED). |
| DOB site reference: | S0015430 |
| Associated Identifier | Scottish NMR (ref: NJ53SW50) |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2001/08/20 |
