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Finstown, The Hillock
Pillbox (Second World War)
Site Name Finstown, The Hillock
Classification Pillbox (Second World War)
Canmore ID 2079
Site Number HY31SE 28
NGR HY 36106 14147
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Firth
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY31SE 28 36106 14147
Small circular Norcon type concrete pillbox built into the remains of a broch (HY31SE 4).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This small Norcon type concrete pillbox is situated on the top of a broch on the E side of the A966 road and annotated 'The Hillock' on Ordnance Survey maps, which stands at the N end of Finnstown. The entrance is through the roof and the interior is full of vegetation and rubbish.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS), August 1996
Field Visit (July 1980)
A small concrete sniper position, circular, external
diameter 1.83m (exactly 6ft), built on summit of broch mound.
Walls are thin, of reinforced concrete, standing about 0.4m above
external ground level, with six horizontal loopholes for rifle,
evenly spaced around circumference. Access by hatch in flat
roof. Floor is sunken sufficiently to allow a man to stand up
inside.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Jul 80, OR 492.
