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Rattray House
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Rattray House
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Rattray Head Anti-tank Line
Canmore ID 203993
Site Number NK15NW 1.06
NGR NK 09820 55872
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/203993
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Crimond
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK15NW 1.06 09820 55872
Location formerly cited as NK c. 0989 5589.
Falls on map sheet NK05NE
A possible type 22 pillbox has been identified from vertical air photographs (106G Scot/UK 135, 1006-7, flown 30 June 1946) immediately E of the anti-tank ditch. It is situated on the E side of the dune system about 600m SE of Rattray House. Visible on the photographs is a circular barbed wire enclosure surrounding the pillbox. It is not known whether this structure survives today.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), September 2003
(Location indicated on HS Scheduling map as NK 0981 5587). Scheduled as 'Rattray Line, pill box 585m SE of Rattray House... the remains of a well-preserved pill box situated behind a dune system.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 9 May 2005.
