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Type 23 pillbox, modified for site - entrance faces 290 degrees (W). The open section has a square concrete pillar with an iron pin set at the top [L/8/9A].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/09/02)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23)
      

      

        Location
        In field off Gorsey Lane by Sniggery Farm, Hightown, N of Crosby.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Crosby, Sefton, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SD 303 023
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1992)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Flooding (Medium Term) 
Detail: Pillbox flooded.

            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Taylor, David
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 North West coast defences - Coastal crust and hinterland defences of the NW from the N border of Flintshire to the S border of Cumbria and including all the coastal defences in Cheshire, Wirral, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, Lancashire and Blackpool. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (11) - site location maps; plan; and sheets with attached photographs.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) - S0013276
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) - S0013276
         

     (11) - site, exterior, interior, and close-up views (2 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0013276

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2000/09/02 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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