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Field Visit
Date 28 September 2016
Event ID 1018796
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1018796
This pillbox, which now stands on the edge of a raised beach at the bottom of a private garden, originally guarding access to the Portkil Battery from the River Clyde directly to the SE and E, and from along the beach to the NE. An irregular hexagon on plan, it measures a maximum of 6.76m from NE to SW by 6.04m transversely over thick walls at least 3m high to its flat concrete roof. There is a wide opening (with modern metal doors) flanked on both sides by a narrow horizontal aperture in the rear (NW) face, and similar apertures in the other faces of the structure, including three in the S face, two each in the NNE and NE faces and one in the short ESE face. A very tall secondary doorway has been inserted into the short SW face of the building which is now used as a store for garden implements. Access to the interior could not be gained on the date of visit.
Visited by HES Survey and Recording (JRS, AM, AKK) 28 September 2016.
