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Pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/29)
Brick pillbox with concrete roof. Largely obscured by bush from A6. Inside concrete pillar to support roof and concrete shelves. Embrasures stepped bricks outside but smooth angled inside. Over all 2ft wide outside. Entrance 2ft wide in 7ft 8in wall with two small embrasures. Other walls 7ft 7in. Two sides not accessible.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/09/17)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | In hedgeline 100yds N of main 'A' road, opposite entrance of clock warehouse, near River Trent. |
Area |
Draycott and Church Wilne, Derbyshire, England |
Grid reference |
SK 441 304
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1979)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Unknown |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Usher, Howard |
Attached Sheets | Additional SRF by A.J. Regan |
Photographs | (3) - external views |
Adjacent sites | Pillbox base: SK 439307 see UORN 6644 |
DOB site reference: | S0000187 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/09/30 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/09/17 |