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Hexagon pillbox with 6 embrasures. It is constructed of concrete with brick shuttering and external cement cladding. All the embrasures and the door are fully blocked up and the entrance well has been filled in. The lipped roof still retains some of its turf. It has a SW main arc.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06)
Official Name | RAF Wroughton |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
Location | Just to the S of the NE group of hangars at RAF Wroughton. |
Area |
Wroughton, Swindon, England |
Grid reference |
SU 1453 7887
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1994)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
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: | S0000233 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1996/06 |