Pillbox
Pillbox is a bunker in Moray, Scotland. Pillbox is situated nearby to Mundole Equestrian, as well as near the village Dyke.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dallas Dhu distillery and Forres railway station.
Dallas Dhu distillery
Museum
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dallas Dhu distillery is a inactive Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery located in Forres, Moray, Scotland. Dallas Dhu means "Black Water Valley" in Gaelic. Dallas Dhu distillery is situated 1¼ miles east of Pillbox.
Forres railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forres railway station serves the town of Forres, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen–Inverness line, between Nairn and Elgin, measured 119 miles 42 chains from Perth via the Dava route. Forres railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pillbox.
Darnaway Castle
Castle
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Darnaway Castle, also known as Tarnaway Castle, is located in Darnaway Forest, 3 miles southwest of Forres in Moray, Scotland. This was Comyn land, given to Thomas Randolph along with the Earldom of Moray by King Robert I. Darnaway Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Pillbox.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forres and Dyke.
Forres
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forres is a town in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.
Dyke
Village
Photo: Ann Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dyke is a small village situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 4 miles west of Forres. The origin of the name of the parish of Dyke is supposed to be the Gaelic word dìg, signifying a water drain or ditch. Dyke is situated 2 miles northwest of Pillbox.
Kintessack
Village
Kintessack is a small village in Moray, Scotland 3 miles north-west of Forres. It is located in the parish of Dyke and Moy,… Kintessack is situated 2½ miles northwest of Pillbox.
Pillbox
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.5917° or 57° 35′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.64722° or 3° 38′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C9RH9R3+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1493144063OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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