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Rectangular pillbox, with a false gabled roof, on a radar site.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/08/21)
Type 26 pillbox with two embrasures in each face. Steel tripod standing on concrete blocks on roof [for camouflage?]. Blast wall and earth banking all round.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/08/22)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
---|---|
Location | At Schoolhill, S of Aberdeen. |
Area |
Banchory Devenick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Grid reference |
NO 908 981
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
School Hill Chain Home Radar Station defences - Ground defences. |
DOB site reference: | S0007017 |
Reference |
Pillbox Typology Part 3: Square and Rectangular Types |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2001/08/22 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |