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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
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Hexagonal pillbox, with 5 plain embrasures and 2 slightly stepped embrasures. All embrasures were originally shuttered in a style similar to that of the Ballykinlar pillboxes (SK.1) although none now remain. The 5 main embrasures each have an ammunition recess underneath, with a corresponding additional reinforcement on the outside to negate the loss of wall thickness. Access is by the half doorway at the rear and the iron door, with a double drop bolt, is still in place. There is a thick layer of turf on the roof as camouflage. The pillbox originally had a commanding field of fire in all directions, but the raising of a concrete sea wall has now blocked this. The main arc is to the S. The pillbox is now within a Department of Environment (NI) sewage farm complex and access is very difficult.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/02)
| Type of site | PILLBOX |
|---|---|
| Location | Sewage Works, Comber Road, Comber. |
| Area |
Comber, Ards, Northern Ireland |
| Grid reference |
J 489 706
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1991)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
| Recorder | Knapper, S.J. |
| Defence grouping |
County Down coast defences - Defences of the coast and hinterland |
| Photographs |
(1) - external view (DIGITISED) |
| DOB site reference: | S0010083 |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1996/02 |
