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Wick Airfield, Pillbox
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Wick Airfield, Pillbox
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wick Airfield Defences
Canmore ID 268002
Site Number ND35SE 103.22
NGR ND 36950 51826
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/268002
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND35SE 103.22 36950 51826
A small square pillbox has been identified from WW II RAF vertical air photographs (NLA 57, 5076-5076A, flown 21 February 1943), in the corner of a field about 124m S of the stand-by set house (ND35SE 103.04).
The evidence from the photogrpahs would suggest that this pillbox had formerly been within a barbed-wire enclosure, but by 1943 this had been removed to accommodate the construction of a Nissen hutted camp which was situated immediately to the W.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), November 2004.
