World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 15 July 2013
Event ID 962500
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/962500
The enclosure (NS 2439 8134) noted in the local SMR coincides with a defensive structure marked on a War Office map dated 1916 (The National Archives WO 78/4396), of the outer landward defences of Portkil Battery. . It is one of two 'Blockhouses' and two (possibly three) trench systems forming 'No. 3 Position'. The blockhouses are shown as being surrounded by horse-shoe-shaped banks. The other pillbox was at NS 24293 81502, and the maps show that this was connected by telephone to the battery. The two trench systems were at NS 24205 81550 and NS 24383 81743, which is noted on the local SMR as a Shieling hut. What may be a third cresent shaped trench not depicted on the War Office map lies at NS 24534 81608.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 15 July 2013.
