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Douglas Wood, Type 27 Pillbox
Hut(S) (20th Century), Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Douglas Wood, Type 27 Pillbox
Classification Hut(S) (20th Century), Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Downie Moor; Downiemuir
Canmore ID 148616
Site Number NO44SE 46.03
NGR NO 49386 41818
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/148616
- Council Angus
- Parish Monikie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO44SE 46.03 49386 41818
NO 4938 4181. A type 27 concrete pillbox situated on the NE of Douglas Wood radar site.
J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/9
This pillbox is depicted on the current OS 1:2500 scale digital map, situated in the SE corner of a field to the NE of the main radar site. The pillbox has been built on a prehistoric barrow mound (NO44SE 30).
The structure is visible on vertical air photographs taken in 1947 (CPE/Scot/UK 304, 3080-3081, flown 26 September 1947), which also show that there were at least five Nissen type huts imemdiately to the SE of it.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), October 2005
