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Cantilevered type pillbox for airfield ground defence.
(Source: Field Visit 1991/07/04)
Official Name | RAF Burnaston |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (CANTILEVERED) |
Location | Adjacent to A38 SW of Derby on the southbound carriageway. |
Area |
Findern, Derbyshire, England |
Grid reference |
SK 2950 3028
(Scale: 1:10000
, 1973)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Concrete, Iron |
Threats |
Type: Road construction (Immediate) Detail: Pillbox destroyed by road construction. |
Recorder | Regan, A. J. (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
RAF Burnaston defences - Perimeter defences |
Photographs | (1), view of material which made up pillbox following destruction |
DOB site reference: | S0000164 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1991/07/04 Destruction, On 1991/07/04 |