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Fraserburgh Harbour, South Breakwater, Pillbox
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Fraserburgh Harbour, South Breakwater, Pillbox
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Faithlie Harbour
Canmore ID 202744
Site Number NK06NW 3.05
NGR NK 0021 6675
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/202744
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fraserburgh
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK06NW 3.05 0021 6675
Formerly entered as NK06NW 163.
A type 27 pillbox is visible on RAF wartime air photographs (NLA 57, 5013-14, flown 21 February 1943), about half-way along the South Breakwater in Fraserburgh Harbour. It is not depicted on the OS 1:10000 scale map (1982).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), November 2001.
