Balgownie Links
Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century), Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Balgownie Links
Classification Anti Tank Blocks (20th Century), Pillbox (20th Century)
Canmore ID 125575
Site Number NJ91SE 3.02
NGR NJ 95925 11747
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/125575
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Old Machar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ91SE 3.02 959 117
This pillbox faces the sea to the E and has six-sides, the W (landward) containing the entrance and each of the other five a single embrasure. It measures 6.1m across its flat concrete roof and has walls which are 0.38m thick. It has been set on a large concrete plinth and, extending for some distance to the N and S, there is a line of concrete anti-tank blocks.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 1 April 1996.
Field Visit (November 2022)
NJ 95900 11700 Visited during fieldwork by SCAPE. No change to description. However the entrance to the west is now completely buried. There is also a surrounding concrete wall on the eastern side of the pilllbox.
Information from S. Boyd and J. Hambly - Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE).
