Elgin, Pinefield Barracks, Type 24 Pillbox
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Elgin, Pinefield Barracks, Type 24 Pillbox
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pinefield Industrial Estate
Canmore ID 81605
Site Number NJ26SW 151.01
NGR NJ 23011 62172
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81605
- Council Moray
- Parish St Andrews-lhanbryd
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 151 23011 62172
Eight-sided pillbox measuring 4.57m across, set on N side of railway and in W corner of former large military camp (now Pinefield Industrial Estate) with many extant military buildings.
Visited by J Guy, 2 December 1992.
NMRS, MS/712/8.
A type 24 pillbox is situated on the S perimeter fence of the former Pinefield Barracks. The structure is N of the railway and to the rear of an area now being used as a bus garage.
The eight sided building is constructed in stone and has stepped recessed loopholes, the entrance is to the N. The W side of the entrance has been damaged and some stonework from what may have been a short blast wall has been dislodged and removed. Some very large blocks of cut stone have been used in the construction of this pillbox. In addition there is a concrete roof, and concrete lintel above the entrance and the surrounds to the loopholes are also of the same material.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), 28 August 2007
