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Wick Airfield, Ackergill Farmsteading
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Wick Airfield, Ackergill Farmsteading
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wick Airfield Defences
Canmore ID 172650
Site Number ND35SE 103.05
NGR ND 35975 53600
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172650
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND35SE 103.05 35975 53600
A brick and concrete type 27 (anti-aircraft defence) pillbox is situated in a field 35m NW of Upper Ackergill farmsteading. The pillbox has grass growing on the roof and retains part of the mounting for a machine gun in the central pit.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), May 2001
This pillbox has possibly recently been demolished.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
