Cults, North Deeside Road
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Cults, North Deeside Road
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cults; 216 Arnlee Lodge; North Deeside Road; Bairns Rd
Canmore ID 81288
Site Number NJ90SW 50
NGR NJ 9041 0339
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81288
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Peterculter
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90SW 50 9041 0339
Pillbox behind garden wall of no. 216 Arnlee Lodge, on N side of N Deeside Rd by Bairns Rd; measures about 15 x 8 ft.
Visited by Mr J Guy, 18 July 1992.
NMRS, MS/712/8; NMRS MS 810/1, 50
This pillbox is situated on the N side of the A93 public road, in the SE corner of the garden of Arnlee Lodge. Rectangular on plan, it measures 4.9m from NNW to SSE by 2.95m transversely over walls some 0.45m in thickness. Whereas the walls are constructed of roughly-dressed granite blocks, the roof and floor are made of concrete. The entrance is at the NNW end of the ENE wall, where there are also the remains of an external blast wall. In addition to the entrance, the ENE wall contains two loopholes set close together towards its SSE end, and there may have been a third in the ENE face of the blast wall. This would mirror the arrangement of three loopholes in the WSW wall, where two are set close together towards the NNW end, and one towards the SSE end. The NNW and SSE walls are pierced by single loopholes.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 24 February 1997.
