Description

The monument comprises a pillbox built during the Second World War. It was part of a system of defences designed to protect Fraserburgh Bay from seaborne landings. The pillbox (a type 24) is six-sided and has a door to the southwest, with a blast wall outside the doorway. It has a wide loophole in each of the other five sides. It is about 4m across and 1.6m high and is made of concrete. It is built on a flat sandy area just behind the beach to the west of Fraserburgh Bay.

The scheduled area is circular, measuring 10m in diameter, centred on the monument. It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance for its potential to contribute to an understanding of defence tactics in World War II. It is one of a group of surviving pillboxes which protected Fraserburgh Bay from enemy attack and invasion, one part of a complex system of wartime defences in the area. This monument is very well preserved and structurally stable.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland