Lossiemouth Airfield, Type 27 Pillbox
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Lossiemouth Airfield, Type 27 Pillbox
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lossiemouth Airfield Defences; Raf Lossiemouth; Hms Fulmar
Canmore ID 156948
Site Number NJ27SW 30.01
NGR NJ 20402 70014
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/156948
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ27SW 30.01 20402 70014
See also sites for Lossiemouth Airfield on map sheets NJ16NE, NJ17NE, and NJ26NW.
(Name cited as Lossiemouth Airfield and location as NJ 2040 7001). A pillbox of World War II date stands within Lossiemouth airfield (NJ26NW 50) on the NW side.
GRC/AAS photographs: GR/99/CT53/WW, dated 2 September 1999.
NMRS, MS/712/91.
A brick and concrete type 27 pillbox situated within the airfield and beside an internal road. The pillbox is substantially complete and incorporates a central gunpit with a short blast wall on the W side.
Information by letter to RCAHMS from W A Bartlam 2003
