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Square concrete pillbox with attached open bay for anti-aircraft fire. Set into the slope of a former railway cutting on a thick concrete base. The open bay on the N side has its concrete pillar for attaching the AA weapon in place. Two steps down to entrance. Three embrasures. Faces S across the former railway.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/05/21)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23)
      

      

        Location
        On N side of dismantled railway at top of cutting at S edge of Cavendish Park Playing Fields, Barrow Island.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SD 20163 68072
            

        		
      

      

        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 FW3/23) - S0016618
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) - S0016618
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0016618

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2003/05/21 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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