Pillbox

Pillbox is a bunker in Moray, Scotland. Pillbox is situated near the scenic viewpoint Roseisle beach viewpoint, as well as near the village Burghead.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Roseisle distillery and Kinloss Barracks.

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 1¼ miles east of Pillbox.

Kinloss Barracks

Military installation

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kinloss Barracks is a military installation located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland. Until 2012 it was a Royal Air Force station, RAF Kinloss. Kinloss Barracks is situated 2 miles southwest of Pillbox.

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 2½ miles northeast 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. Burghead is situated 2 miles north of Pillbox.

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 3 miles northeast of Pillbox.

Alves

Village

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alves is a small agricultural village in Moray, Scotland. Alves is situated 3 miles southeast of Pillbox.

Pillbox

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

57.67139° or 57° 40′ 17″ north

Longitude

-3.50748° or 3° 30′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C9RMFCV+H2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1499676231

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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Highlights: Roseisle beach viewpoint and Millie Bothy.

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