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Rattray Head, Seatown Farmsteading

Pillbox (20th Century)

Site Name Rattray Head, Seatown Farmsteading

Classification Pillbox (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Rattray Head Anti-tank Line; Rattray Head Lighthouse Shore Station

Canmore ID 203988

Site Number NK15NW 1.02

NGR NK 10121 57986

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Crimond
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Banff And Buchan
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NK15NW 1.02 10121 57986

Location formerly cited as NK c. 1013 5799.

A pillbox has been built into the NE corner of the remains of Seatown farmsteading (NK15NW 4). The pillbox is of random rubble with double stepped loopholes on the NE and SE-facing walls. The structure measures about 15 ft by 12 ft with the door to the NW.

J Guy 1993; MS 810/1, Vol.1, 78, 81

(Location indicated on Scheduling map as NK 1011 5798). Scheduled as 'Rattray Line, pill box at Seatown... the remains of a well-preserved pill box situated behind a dune system.'

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 9 May 2005.

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