What is recorded here
Castle Hill rises above Rattray, carrying a twentieth-century pillbox into its ancient silhouette. Stone and purpose collide there: old land, new violence, both waiting for someone to notice. The hill does not explain itself. It holds the shape of what people feared and what they forgot.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rattray, Castle Hill as Pillbox (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Rattray, Castle HillCastle (medieval), Kiln(s) (period Unassigned), Well (period Unassigned), Coin(s) (silver)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (medieval) · 34 yd
Old RattrayFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 202 yd
Rattray HeadAnti Tank Ditch (second World War) · 593 yd
Rattray, St Mary's Chapel and GraveyardBurial Ground (medieval), Chapel (medieval) · 610 yd
Loch of Strathbeg, Seaplane BaseSeaplane Base (first World War) · 728 yd
Greenmyre WoodWood · 1.1 mi
Crimond BeltsWood · 1.8 mi
RSPB Loch of StrathbegHeritage attraction · 1.9 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 3.8 mi
Whitelinks BayAircraft (second World War) · 4.0 mi
Inverallochy CastleCastle (medieval) · 4.2 mi
Scotstown HeadHeadland · 4.2 mi