Portkil Pillboxes

Six sided pillbox, western view

A six sided concrete pillbox can be found at the seaward end of a garden on Fort Road, and appears to have been converted into a store, with the addition of door and windows.

A short distance along the shore to the west, a second pillbox can be found, of a two storey design similar to one constructed near Cloch Point. This is probably more correctly described as a searchlight platform, and would probably have housed a generator to power the searchlight. This structure appears to have been converted into a small outhouse at some time in the past, with the addition of windows, but appeared to derelict at the time of the visit (2003), with the windows having been smashed, leaving the interior open to the weather.

Photographs

• Picture gallery, 2007, 2008

Six sided pillbox, eastern view

Second pillbox/platform to west

External links

• Defence of Britain entry: Pillbox
• Area history

Aerial views

^{Live Search Maps is now called Bing Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth is now called Bing Maps for Enterprise, June 2009.}

• Bird's Eye view

Map

The actual positions are marked, together with the positions reported by RCAHMS.

• Pillbox visible in garden
• Platform visible to west

Unsure if these are individual artefacts, or just repeated attempts at determining the coordinates of the two given above.

• 39.3 Searchlight Platform A, NS 2533 8031
• 39.4 Searchlight platform or pillbox B, NS 2519 8021
• 39.5 Searchlight platforms C, NS 25284 80241
• 39.5 Searchlight platforms D, NS 25257 80227

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