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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 744359

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ46NE 24.02 4873 6873

A small pillbox and lookout measuring 8ft by 6ft overall is siuated on the hill at the E end of the harbour, above the Harbour Garage. Constructed with brick walls and a concrete roof.

J Guy 1992; NMRS MS 810/1, 48-9, 65

A brick and concrete built observation post/pillbox is situated at the top of the N-facing slope of Port Hill, N of Portknockie Harbour. The building is set into the slope.

Measuring about 2.50 by 2m, the structure has brick walls and a concrete roof with the entrance at the rear on the W side. Two loopholes were noted in the N and E-facing walls.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE), 29 August 2007.

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