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Remains of tank defence, constructed during World War II (circa 1940). It consists of an artificially steepened hillslope base, revetted with five posts tied by wire into the bank. Set some 10m forward between the bottom of the slope and the burn is a low artificial bank. A very well preserved Type 22 pillbox sits on a bluff overlooking a bridge over the Cowie Water. The pillbox is probably the most intact on the line. It is buried up to the level of the gun-loops and has thick soil covering the roof, making it heavily camouflaged. The walls are circa 1 m thick and the roof is concrete over corrugated iron shuttering. There is a rifle loop to the left of the door, single loops on the northwest, northeast and southeast faces and a double loop on the northeast face (looking towards the ford). The letters 'BED' are inscribed on the internal faces of two of the lintels and on the outer and inner surface of one loophole. The bridge is later and the pillbox originally defended a ford.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)