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Aberdeen, Market Street, Pillbox

Pillbox (20th Century)

Site Name Aberdeen, Market Street, Pillbox

Classification Pillbox (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen Harbour; Trinity Quay

Canmore ID 205455

Site Number NJ90NW 1552

NGR NJ 9432 0606

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeen, City Of
  • Parish Aberdeen
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District City Of Aberdeen
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ90NW 1552 9432 0606

See also NJ90NW 1553, NJ90NW 1554 and NJ90NE 7.00.

A pillbox has been identified from wartime RAF vertical air photographs, (106G L/NLA 96, 3008-3010, flown 20 March 1945) at the junction of Trinity Quay and Market Street.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2002.

Nothing is visible of a pillbox that stood on the quayside of Aberdeen harbour, at the junction of Market Street and Trinity Quay. Which type of pillbox is not known, despite appearing on photographs taken on the ground and from the air.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 19 April 2002.

P Harris 1987.

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