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World War II pillbox with walls of roughly-dressed granite blocks, and roof and floor of concrete. It is rectangular in plan, measuring 4.9m by 2.95m, the walls 0.45m thick, with an entrance on the east- northeast with the remains of a blast wall. The east-northeast side also contains two loopholes, with a possible third, mirroring the three loopholes in the west-southwest wall. The north-northwest and south-southeast sides each have a single loophole. The pillbox provided a line of sight in both directions along the main road into Aberdeen from the west and also had a view of the Deeside Railway line Anti-invasion defences built during World War Two mainly date from 1940-41. With the fall of Norway and Denmark in May 1940 seaborne invasion to the northern coasts became more likely. The majority of World War Two pillboxes were associated with coastal defences, inland stop-lines and airfields. Trees around the pillbox provided camouflage and to help delay the recognition of this pillbox further it was constructed using local materials, in this case granite. However this was rare in wartime, when masonry was expensive and called for specialised skills.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Aberdeen City
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NJ90SW1007 - 216 NORTH DEESIDE ROAD, CULTS