Pillbox At Tillybrig Cottage, Pimedden Road, Dyce is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 May 2007. Pillbox.
Pillbox At Tillybrig Cottage, Pimedden Road, Dyce
- WRENN ID
- narrow-mullion-clover
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Constituency
- Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 May 2007
- Type
- Pillbox
- OS grid reference
- NJ 874 146
- Coordinates
- 57.222, -2.20955
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The pillbox at Tillybrig Cottage on Pimedden Road in Dyce dates from around 1940 and is a well-preserved example of an unusual World War II fortification. It is strategically located on a bridge that overlooks the Inverness railway line. The structure has a polygonal shape with a rectangular entrance projection on the southwest side. It is built from clay bricks with concrete lintels and a concrete roof, featuring horizontal loopholes for defense. Inside, there is a polygonal central pier that supports a ridged concrete roof. The loopholes still show evidence of solid steel internal shutters, along with side guides and pulleys.
Local climate
Pillbox At Tillybrig Cottage, Pimedden Road, Dyce receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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