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Hexagonal-shaped pillbox with attached porch - faces SW. Plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1957)
Variant form of an hexagonal type 24 pillbox. All concrete. Projecting entrance walls. Embrasures in each face, and one each side of doorway. Concrete face shows evidence of horizontal timber shuttering. Interior access possible. Faces W.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/05/21)

Type of site PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
Location On W side of Barrow Island in area now derelict overlooking Walney Channel.
Area Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Grid reference SD 19732 67348 (Scale: 1:2500 )
Period WW2
Condition Good
Materials Reinforced Concrete
Recorder Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project)
Defence grouping Barrow Docks defences - The defences of the port and shipbuilding facilities at Barrow-in-Furness.
Cumbria coast defences - Defences of the Cumbria coast line and immediate hinterland.
Photographs View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0016490 View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0016490
DOB site reference: S0016490
Event Field Visit, On 2003/05/21
Construction, In the period 1940 1941


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