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Castletown Airfield
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Castletown Airfield
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Castletown Airfield Defences
Canmore ID 202466
Site Number ND26NW 36.08
NGR ND 21144 67130
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/202466
- Council Highland
- Parish Olrig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND26NW 36.08 21144 67130
A possible type 27 pillbox has been identified from post-war RAF vertical air photographs (CPE/Scot/UK/264, 3036-7, flown 14 August 1947) immediately inside the fence between the public road and the northern perimeter area of the airfield. The northern wall of the brick and concrete pillbox still survives with at least two loopholes.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), August 1999
