Innes Links, Pillbox
Pillbox (20th Century)(Possible)
Site Name Innes Links, Pillbox
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Spey Bay Anti-invasion Beach Defences
Canmore ID 225983
Site Number NJ26NE 14.14
NGR NJ 28239 67848
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/225983
- Council Moray
- Parish Urquhart
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26NE 14.14 28239 67848
A possible pillbox or blockhouse has been identified from postwar vertical air phtographs (106G/UK 750: 5006-7, flown 31 August 1945) on a section of coastline at Innes Links.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), 2003
Now identified as buildings associated with the coastal gun battery (NJ26NE 14.00). They are three engine rooms and two searchlight emplacements set facing N across foreshore.
Buildings located at NJ 28105 67865, NJ 28141 67837, NJ 27993 67962, NJ 27982 67941, NJ 28239 67848, NJ 28237 67802 and NJ 28314 67817.
All are visible on vertical air photographs (106G/UK 750, 5008-5010, flown 31 August 1945) to the S, SE and SW of the two gun emplacements.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), November 2007.
