East Mathers Cottage
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name East Mathers Cottage
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Seagreens
Canmore ID 250691
Site Number NO76NE 72
NGR NO 77778 65883
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/250691
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish St Cyrus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO76NE 72 77778 65883
See also NO76NE 70 and NO76NE 71 NO76SE 10
A WW II type 24 pillbox has been identified from vertical air photographs (F22 540/RAF/1383, 124-7, flown 7 August 1954). The structure is also shown on the current OS digital 1:2500 scale map, set into a slope about 200m W of East Mathers Cottage. More recent air photography (OS 67/287, flown 1967 shows the structure to be grass covered. The pillbox is one of three protecting the bays between Tangleha' Cottages and Seagreens.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), October 2003