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Built into modern house's southern gate post on Moorlane. Adjacent to public footpath. Weapon embrasures just below flat slab roof also supported by wood block. Construction modified to incorporate garden wall and rear wall re-built.
Pillbox described by the recorder as of the 'Woodford Type'. [No description of the 'Woodford Type' exists; no further information from other records exist to ascribe a pillbox type].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/04/05)
Pillbox built into the corner of a wall in a garden of house.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/18)
Official Name | RAF Woodford |
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Local Name | Woodford Airfield |
Type of site | PILLBOX |
Location | On site of old Woodford Airfield, Woodford. |
Area |
Woodford, Stockport, England |
Grid reference |
SJ 8916 8318
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1984)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete, Stone |
Recorder | Harrison, J Peter |
Defence grouping |
RAF Woodford defences - Perimeter and ground defences |
Attached Sheets | Also recorded as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy) |
Photographs | (3) - external views and (2) - external views taken as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy) |
DOB site reference: | S0000222 |
Reference |
1995/07 Exercise Welsh Barrier |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/07/18 Field Visit, On 1995/07/18 |