Prestwick Airfield, Pillbox
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Prestwick Airfield, Pillbox
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Prestwick Airfield Defences; Whiteside
Canmore ID 211562
Site Number NS32NE 39.02
NGR NS 3657 2770
NGR Description NS c. 3657 2770
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/211562
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Monkton And Prestwick
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS32NE 39.02 c. 3657 2770
A pillbox has been identified from an RAF WWII oblique air photograph (No.1 CAM, AF558, 6 May 1942) inside the perimeter fence about 150m S of Whiteside farmsteading
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2002
The pillbox has been identified as a anti-air defence type 27 from a postwar RAF oblique (P540 RAF 1142, 0021, flown 29 June 1953) .
Information from RCAHMS (DE), June 2004.
