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Hexagon pillbox with 6 embrasures. It is well constructed of concrete with brick shuttering and external cement cladding (now partially eroded). All the embrasures and the door have been fully blocked up. The ground is level with the bottom of the embrasures, and the roof has a lip around it with drainage holes. In the centre of the roof is a 2.5ft deep square hole [possibly an anti-aircraft or antenna mount?]. Access is by an offset half doorway protected by semi-sunken exterior blast walls. The main arc of the pillbox is N to NW.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06)
Official Name | RAF Wroughton |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
Location | Beranburh field, RAF Wroughton, nr. Swindon. |
Area |
Wroughton, Swindon, England |
Grid reference |
SU 1566 7893
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1994)
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Knapper, S.J. |
Defence grouping |
RAF Wroughton defences - Ground defences of the airfield of RAF Wroughton. |
Adjacent sites | Other adjacent airfield pillboxes. |
DOB site reference: | S0000218 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1996/06 |