Pillbox
Pillbox is a bunker in Moray, Scotland. Pillbox is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover Burghead Beach Caravan Park, as well as near the village Cummingston.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burghead Transmitting Station and Roseisle distillery.
Burghead Transmitting Station
Building
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, Public domain.
The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead in Scotland for long wave and medium wave radio transmission that started service on 12 October 1936. Burghead Transmitting Station is situated 1 mile northeast of Pillbox.
Roseisle distillery
Distillery
Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roseisle distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery, in Roseisle, near Elgin, Moray, in the Strathspey region of Scotland. Roseisle distillery is situated 1½ miles south of Pillbox.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burghead and Cummingston.
Burghead
Village
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on three sides.
Cummingston
Village
Cummingston is located in Moray on the north-east coast of Scotland. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead. It was known as "the Collach", possibly from Scottish Gaelic an Coileach meaning "eddy".
Hopeman
Village
Photo: Craig Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopeman is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances. Hopeman is situated 2½ miles northeast of Pillbox.
Pillbox
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.69115° or 57° 41′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.48984° or 3° 29′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C9RMGR6+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1162408187OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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