Cairnbulg, Type 24 Pillbox
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Cairnbulg, Type 24 Pillbox
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) No.115; Cairnbulg Harbour
Canmore ID 80724
Site Number NK06NW 4
NGR NK 03519 65568
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Rathen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK06NW 4 03519 65568
This concrete pillbox is situated immediately S of the end of the pier of Cairnbulg Harbour (NK06NW 8). A type 24, measuring 12 feet accross by 8 feet high with six sides, door and five loopholes. There is no internal ricochet wall, but tables have been installed underneath the loopholes to accommodate machine guns.
The pillbox was purchased by a local fisherman in 1947 and is still used by him and his son to store creel baskets.
J Guy 1992; NMRS, MS/810/1, 59
Pillbox: part of coastal defence from World War II, visible on air photograph AAS/93/15/G32/7, flown 11 November 1993.
NMRS, MS/712/6.
