Pillbox

Pillbox is a bunker in Moray, Scotland. Pillbox is situated near the ruins Millie Bothy, as well as near the village Burghead.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Burghead Transmitting Station and Roseisle distillery.

Burghead Transmitting Station

Building

Photo: W. L. Tarbert, Public domain.

The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead in Scotland for medium wave radio transmission that started service on 12 October 1936. Burghead Transmitting Station is situated 1 mile northeast of Pillbox.

Roseisle distillery

Distillery

Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roseisle distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery, in Roseisle, near Elgin, Moray, in the Strathspey region of Scotland. Roseisle distillery is situated 1½ miles southeast of Pillbox.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burghead and Cummingston.

Burghead

Village

Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on three sides.

Cummingston

Village

Cummingston is located in Moray on the north-east coast of Scotland. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead. It was known as "the Collach", possibly from Scottish Gaelic an Coileach meaning "eddy". Cummingston is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pillbox.

Hopeman

Village

Photo: Craig Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hopeman is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances. Hopeman is situated 2½ miles northeast of Pillbox.

Pillbox

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

57.68722° or 57° 41′ 14″ north

Longitude

-3.49177° or 3° 29′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C9RMGP5+V7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1493711645

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Millie Bothy and Burghead Holiday Park.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Pillbox and Cable Cafe.

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