Pillbox
Pillbox is a bunker in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Pillbox is situated nearby to the military installation Eastriggs Explosive Storage Depot (Disused), as well as near the forest Readroad Woods.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Milecastle 77.
Milecastle 77
Archaeological site
Milecastle 77 was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian's Wall. Milecastle 77 is situated 2½ miles south of Pillbox.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastriggs and Port Carlisle.
Eastriggs
Village
Photo: Red Sunset, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Eastriggs is a small village located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland, the village is located around 2 mi north of the mud and sandbanks of the channel of the River Eden, which extends west into the Solway Firth. Eastriggs is situated 1½ miles northwest of Pillbox.
Port Carlisle
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Carlisle is a coastal village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Bowness-on-Solway. Its original name was Fisher's Cross, but when it became the terminus of the Carlisle Canal it was renamed Port Carlisle. Port Carlisle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Pillbox.
Glasson
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glasson is a village in Cumbria, England, just inland from the Solway coast, eight miles northwest of Carlisle on the course of Hadrian's Wall near Drumburgh. The place name derives from the Anglo-Scandinavian glaise, meaning "a small stream". Glasson is situated 2½ miles south of Pillbox.
Pillbox
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.97066° or 54° 58′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.14609° or 3° 8′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C6RXVC3+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1494565442OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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