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Lossiemouth Airfield, Kinneddar
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Lossiemouth Airfield, Kinneddar
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lossiemouth Airfield Defences; Hms Fulmar; Kinedar; Raf Lossiemouth
Canmore ID 107438
Site Number NJ26NW 55
NGR NJ 22363 69571
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107438
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26NW 55 22363 69571
See also sites for Lossiemouth Airfield on map sheets NJ16NE, NJ17NE, and NJ27SW.
The pillbox is visible on RAF WW II vertical air photographs (NLA 57, 5053-5054, flown 21 February 1943), within what may be a circular earth bank.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
NJ 2237 6957. World War II pillbox. [No detailed description].
Visited by Grampian Regional Archaeologist, 15 September 1995.
NMRS, MS/712/10.
The pillbox is depicted as a rectangular structure on the current OS 1:2500 digital map.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), September 2003
Archaeological Evaluation (7 December 2015 - 14 January 2016)
AOC Archaeology Group undertook a programme of archaeological works including geophysical survey, metal detecting, photographic survey and evaluation on behalf of Tulloch of Cummingston Ltd as part of a programme of mitigation at Sunbank, Lossiemouth, Morayshire. The geophysics revealed a number of potential ditches which were targeted by the evaluation trenching. In total 53 trenches covering more than 5000 m2 were opened across the development area. Across much of the site no archaeology was noted beyond rig and furrow with all features comprising ditches and pits limited to the western edge of the site close to the known features associated with the scheduled Bishop's Palace. The metal detecting found only modern material and a nearby WWII bunker was subject to a photographic survey as requested by ACAS. A monitored topsoil strip was conducted over the western access road and this revealed four sections of ditch and a number of pit features including a stone-lined well. The few finds recovered suggest a post-medieval date for the majority of these features but subsequent radiocarbon dating indicates the presence of prehistoric (likely Early Bronze Age) and Dark Age activity - the latter potentially associated with ecclesiastical occupation pre-dating the Bishop's Palace.
Information from OASIS Id: aocarcha1-307548 (L Dunbar) 2016
