{"id":12478,"date":"2025-09-29T12:25:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=12478"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:25:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:25:59","slug":"glencoe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/glencoe-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Glencoe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Archaeology Notes NN15NE 6 174 567 quotes the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;An archaeological survey has been undertaken to inform the National Trust for Scotland of the range of archaeological features on their Glencoe Estate, with additional information relating to historic sources, management, interpretation and possibilities for future research.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NN 174 567 Three WW2 Pillboxes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J Harden and J Wordsworth 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the NGR for the Pillbox type structures listed in Glencoe. There is nothing else anywhere around that area that could fit with the official description. They could easily have been erected during WW2 to give some shelter to anyone defending the pass.\u00a0Shelter from the wind as much as bullets!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe4.jpg\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7e8774\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7e8774;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" data-id=\"12480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12480 not-transparent\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe4.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe2.jpg\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7d876f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7d876f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"730\" data-id=\"12482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12482 not-transparent\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe2.jpg 694w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe2-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe3.jpg\"><img data-dominant-color=\"808a83\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #808a83;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"529\" data-id=\"12483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12483 not-transparent\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe3.jpg 882w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe3-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Glencoe3-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glencoe1.jpg\"><img data-dominant-color=\"858f6d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #858f6d;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"334\" data-id=\"12481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glencoe1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12481 not-transparent\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glencoe1.jpg 927w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glencoe1-300x108.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/glencoe1-768x277.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Martin Briscoe, Fort William, Inverness-shire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archaeology Notes NN15NE 6 174 567 quotes the following: &#8220;An archaeological survey has been undertaken to inform the National Trust for Scotland of the range of archaeological features on their Glencoe Estate, with additional information relating to historic sources, management, interpretation and possibilities for future research.&#8221; 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