Balmedie Links
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Balmedie Links
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Balmedie Country Park
Canmore ID 80770
Site Number NJ91NE 15
NGR NJ 98043 18336
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80770
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Belhelvie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Drunken Second World War pillbox at edge of sand-plain to north.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ91NE 15 9807 1836
For line of pillboxes to the south (NJ 9766 1756, 9766 1762 and 9769 1764), see NJ91NE 18.
Pill box on line of coastal defence: visible on air photographs AAS/93/15/G30/21-2, flown 11 November 1993. Copies held by Grampian Regional Council.
NMRS, MS/712/6.
This brick-and concrete-built pillbox is situated just above the high water mark on the seaward edge of the dunes of Balmedie Links, about 450m NE of the northern car park at Balmedie Country Park. The pillbox is hexagonal in plan with brick walls, externally rendered with concrete, a concrete roof and a concrete floor. There is an entrance in the W wall, and a rectangular embrasure in each of the other five sides. The interior is furnished with a concrete bench which runs around the five embrasured sides. The movement of the dunes has undermined the pillbox and has caused it to tilt forwards dramatically, revealing its five foundation pillars, three of which incorporate concrete sewer pipes.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 4 March 1996.
