Pillbox

Pillbox is a bunker in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Pillbox is situated nearby to Prestonhill Quarry, as well as near the community center Ballast Bank Community Leisure Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inverkeithing railway station and Inverkeithing Parish Church.

Inverkeithing railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Inverkeithing railway station serves the town of Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 10 miles north west of Edinburgh Waverley. Inverkeithing railway station is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Pillbox.

Inverkeithing Parish Church of St Peters is a Church of Scotland parish church in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. Dating from before 1139, the church has been at the centre of historic events such as the Scottish Catholic-Culdee dispute of 1250; the Inverkeithing witch hunt of 1621 to 1655; and the Inverkeithing Case of 1752, which led to the Second Secession of the Church of Scotland. Inverkeithing Parish Church is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Pillbox.

North Queensferry railway station

Railway station

Photo: Tbatb, CC BY-SA 4.0.

North Queensferry railway station is a railway station in the village of North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 11+1⁄4 miles northwest of Edinburgh Waverley. North Queensferry railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of Pillbox.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inverkeithing and Jamestown.

Inverkeithing

Town

Photo: Dunpharlain, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Inverkeithing is a coastal town, parish and historic Royal burgh in Fife, Scotland. The town lies on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, 9+1⁄2 mi northwest of Edinburgh city centre and 3+1⁄2 mi south of Dunfermline.

Jamestown

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jamestown is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland. It is contiguous with North Queensferry and Inverkeithing, and is 9 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre. Located on the south side of the Inner Bay of Inverkeithing Bay, an inlet of the Firth of Forth, Jamestown became an important centre for shipping and industry during the 19th century, and shipbreaking in the 20th century.

Hillend

Village

Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hillend is a village in Fife, Scotland, to the east of Inverkeithing and to the west of Dalgety Bay. The village is 9.5 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre. The village had a population of 217 in 2001.

Pillbox

Type: Bunker
Categories: building and military installation
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.0285° or 56° 1′ 43″ north

Longitude

-3.38738° or 3° 23′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C8R2JH7+C2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1493070624

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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