Pillbox
Pillbox is a bunker in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Pillbox is situated nearby to Longhope Lifeboat Museum, as well as near the locality Brims.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Longhope Lifeboat Museum and Melsetter House, Hoy.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum
Museum
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum is a museum at Brims on the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The museum's main exhibit is the former lifeboat Thomas McCunn, the lifeboat that served the islands of Hoy and South Walls between 1933 and 1962. Longhope Lifeboat Museum is situated 2,000 feet south of Pillbox.
Melsetter House, Hoy
Historic building
Photo: Wolfgang Schlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melsetter House, Hoy is a historic building, which is situated 1¼ miles west of Pillbox.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brims and Longhope.
Brims
Locality
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls.
Point of Hackness
Locality
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 3 miles northeast of Pillbox.
Pillbox
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.78525° or 58° 47′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.22729° or 3° 13′ 38″ westOpen location code
9CCRQQPF+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 1493063387OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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