Pillbox
Pillbox is a bunker in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Pillbox is situated nearby to the house Earlshall Castle, as well as near the historic site Centurion Tank.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leuchars Airport and Earlshall Castle.
Leuchars Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: John Brailsford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leuchars Station is a British Army installation located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland, near to the historic town of St Andrews. Formerly RAF Leuchars, it was the second most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom.
Earlshall Castle
House
Photo: ArchHist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Earlshall Castle is a restored 16th century courtyard castle, near Leuchars Station about 1⁄2 mile east of Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. It has been described as “a perfect example of a 16/17th century mansion”. Earlshall Castle is situated 980 feet northeast of Pillbox.
St Athernase Church
Church
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Athernase Church is a Romanesque church located in Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building and remains in use as a Church of Scotland parish church. St Athernase Church is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Pillbox.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leuchars and Guardbridge.
Leuchars
Town
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leuchars is a town and parish near the north-east coast of Fife in Scotland. The civil parish has a population of 5,754 and an area of 13,357 acres.
Guardbridge
Village
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Guardbridge is a town in the north-east of Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is approximately 3 miles north-west of St Andrews, and is situated on the estuary of the River Eden, at the junction of the A91 road between St Andrews and Stirling and the A919/A914 road between Leuchars and the Tay Road Bridge.
Balmullo
Village
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balmullo is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is 7 miles from the town of St Andrews and near to the villages of Lucklawhill, Guardbridge, Dairsie and Leuchars. Army base Leuchars Station is also nearby. Balmullo is situated 2 miles west of Pillbox.
Pillbox
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.37742° or 56° 22′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.87229° or 2° 52′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C8V94GH+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1493607460OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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