Pillbox
Pillbox is a bunker in Highland Council, Scotland. Pillbox is situated nearby to the forest Balineo Wood, as well as near the village Culrain.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Culrain railway station and Invershin railway station.
Culrain railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. Culrain railway station is situated 4,000 feet north of Pillbox.
Invershin railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Invershin railway station is a railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 61 miles 34 chains from Inverness, between Culrain and Lairg. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services. Invershin railway station is situated 1 mile north of Pillbox.
Carbisdale Castle
Castle
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carbisdale Castle was built in 1907 for the Duchess of Sutherland on a hill across the Kyle of Sutherland from Invershin in the Scottish Highlands. From 1945 to 2011 it was used as a youth hostel, operated by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culrain and Invershin.
Culrain
Village
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culrain is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. In 1650, the Battle of Carbisdale took place just outside the village.
Invershin
Village
Photo: Andrew Longton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Invershin is a scattered village in the Parish of Creich, 6 miles south of Lairg and 4 miles north of Bonar Bridge in the south of Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Ardgay
Village
Photo: Graeme Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardgay ard-GY is a small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland and is 1 mile south from Bonar Bridge and lies at the entrance to Strathcarron, the valley of the River Carron and is at the mouth of the Kyle of Sutherland. Ardgay is situated 2 miles southeast of Pillbox.
Pillbox
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.90941° or 57° 54′ 34″ northLongitude
-4.39683° or 4° 23′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C9QWJ53+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1493462719OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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