{"id":12446,"date":"2025-09-29T12:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=12446"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:22:36","slug":"fife-pillboxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/fife-pillboxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Fife Pillboxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Markinch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

NGR: NO 295 033.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first pictures are of a pillbox over looking the railway line from Kirkcaldy to Leuchars (Edinburgh to Aberdeen).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pillbox is in very good condition, though full of rubbish. I didn\u2019t have a torch, so I didn\u2019t venture inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whitehill Plantation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

NGR: NO 301 029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Pillbox one is located about 1 mile as the crow flies from the previous Pillbox overlooking the railway line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It over looks a large flat area of farm land near Markinch. Most of the pillbox has been buried and the only way in would be through the loopholes at the front of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears to be in good condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dumbarnie Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These pictures are of two Pillboxes a few miles along the Fife Coastal path from the Kincraig Battery (heading towards Lower largo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are on a part of Largo Bays beach called Dumbarnie Links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NGR: N0 442 020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside them are lots of Anti-tank Blocks (also in pics). The pillboxes are full of rubbish and graffiti from people camping on the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pillbox one (nearest the beach) has fairly recently had a door fitted and an attempt to brick up the loopholes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lundin Links Golf Club<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

NGR: NO 408 024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two pillboxes on the beach in front of the Lundin Links Golf Club. Golf shop visiable in pics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again the beach is part of Largo Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two boxes are in poor shape. Over grown with weed sand major cracks in places. Also full of rubbish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gregg Campbell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Markinch NGR: NO 295 033. The first pictures are of a pillbox over looking the railway line from Kirkcaldy to Leuchars (Edinburgh to Aberdeen). The Pillbox is in very good condition, though full of rubbish. I didn\u2019t have a torch, so I didn\u2019t venture inside. Whitehill Plantation NGR: NO 301 029. This Pillbox one is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[979,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fife","8":"category-scotland","9":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}