Tentsmuir Forest
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Tentsmuir Forest
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tentsmuir Coastal Defences; Meteorological Station; Tentsmuir Sands
Canmore ID 203722
Site Number NO42NE 127
NGR NO 4721 2772
NGR Description NO c. 4721 2772 and 4715 2778
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Ferry-port-on-craig
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO42NE 127 c. 4721 2772
For other military command, training and defensive structures on Tentsmuir Sands, see also:
NO42NE 71-3 and 117
NO42SE 56-7, 77-9 and 81
A pillbox has been recorded from RAF vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 33, 4081-2, flown 25 April 1946) immediately E of a fence line and 150m E of the Meteorological Station. The pillbox forms part of the coastal defences which include the line of anti-tank blocks.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2001.
Scheduled as an element of Tentsmuir Coastal Defences.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 4 September 2001.
2 pillboxes both concrete, hexagonal flat roof. Entrance door to rear + windows on 3 sides.
Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Fife Ness to Newburgh 1996