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Pillbox in the Aberdeen Reservoir area [1940- ]

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Submitted by tngan on Sun, 2008-09-28 14:39
Current condition: 
Ruin
Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

Entrance of the Pillbox

Tags: 
pillbox
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Reservoir
Lady Clementi's Ride
4 Loophole
Line-of-gaps PB
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Submitted by tngan on Fri, 2011-12-16 19:21.

Hi there,

While browsing Morrison's photos of the area I noticed at least one of the clearly shown the entrace of this pillbox.  Try took look at the photo with Record Identifier: olvwork348598.

On a hill side with no camoulflage these structures are easy targets of heavy guns.

Best Regards,

T

Submitted by David on Sun, 2011-12-18 18:28.

Here's a link to the Hedda Morrison photo. If I'm looking at the right part of the photo the pillbox looks to be in a shallow dip. It seems an odd choice of location for a pillbox?

Regards, David

Submitted by Rob on Sun, 2011-12-18 18:35.

This would appear to be Aberdeen PB 2, PB 1 is at the dam wall.

Account of Naval Operations held at National Archives, Kew.

Paraphrase: The Forward Line ran from Mt Cameron south face, PB2, Bennett's Hill, Island Road. There was a gap between the Canadians south of Mt Cameron  - PB2, to other units on Bennett's Hill.  19/12.  Major Giles RM, set up temporary HQ at PB2 to establish the line to Bennett's Hill.  25/12. Certain other parties did, however, make their way further west and attacked our positions in the vicinity of Aberdeen Upper Reservoir and PB1.

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-10-04 16:20.

Aberdeen PB 2, Aberdeen Reservoir

Year completed is: Approximate
Condition at last visit: Intact
Date of last visit: Aug-1995
Ref: ROB-00684
Other: Sealed closed

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2014-04-13 20:12.

Hi T - the links to the photos on Multiply don't work. Will you be reposting?

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2014-04-14 09:33.

Hi there,

I will repost gradually.  The porblem is I had only organized the photos by date of visit without properly marking up the folders for the locations involved.  Might take a while to sort it through.

Thanks & Best Regards,

T

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2014-04-14 10:32.

Cheers!

Submitted by Alexander Macdonald on Mon, 2018-09-03 13:27.

Hello Ddavid,

 

I wish you well.

 

I was looking at Hedda Morrison's image re https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/ids:6179066$1i

 

Kindly put marker of the PB 2 on the provided image.

 

Thank you so much.

 

Alexander Macdonald

 

 

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2018-09-03 13:55.

Hi There,

If you zoom it in, the entrace of the Pillbox 2 would be visible very clearly as a cutting into the slope.  If you use the small hill at the very middle of the photo as a start, the entrace would be at around the 1000 o'clock direction.  Quite easy to spot.

T

Submitted by Lewis on Tue, 2021-01-19 13:56.

Was this pillbox ever in action?