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World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 15 July 2013
Event ID 962497
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/962497
War Office maps of 1916 (The National Archives WO 78/4396) show the outer defences of the Portkil Battery. In this area west of Londown reservoir, "No2 Position" is marked, comprising three 'blockhouses' (what would later be called pillboxes), at (No.3) NS 23632 81595, (No. 4) NS 23724 81583 and (No.4 original) NS 23719 81618. The first of these is shown as having been linked by telephone to the battery; the last pillbox is annotated on one map has having been destroyed by a storm and replaced by new pillbox.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 15 July 2013.
