Site type PILLBOX (20TH CENTURY)
Canmore ID 134464
Site Number NJ90NW 389
NGR NJ 94087 08829
Council ABERDEEN, CITY OF
Parish ABERDEEN
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District CITY OF ABERDEEN
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NJ90NW 389 94087 08829

For Seaton Park, Aberdeen (centred NJ 9390 0910), see NJ90NW 407.00.

Site recorded during a general reconnaissance in advance of a prospective archaeological field survey of uncultivated or forest ground in the Aberdeen area. Site reports will be lodged with both Aberdeen SMR and the NMRS.
NJ 9408 0882 Pillbox.
D I Harding 1997.

This pillbox has been built into the foot of the cliff of the old river terrace that marks the southern edge of Seaton Park NJ90NW 407.00), about 140m ENE of St Machar's Cathedral (NJ90NW 9). A regular hexagon on plan, the pillbox is constructed of shuttered concrete and measures 3.83m in across externally. Except for one on the NW, all the visible loopholes have been blocked up, those at the rear having been buried beneath soil slip. The entrance has also been buried, but the position of the Y-shaped anti-ricochet wall within the interior indicates that it is on the SE. Pillboxes of this design fall into Will's (1985) type-22 category.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 5 December 2001.

Harding, D I (1997) 'Aberdeen area (Aberdeen; Dyce; Newhills; Peterculter parishes), assessment', Discovery Excav Scot
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