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A concrete cantilever-type pillbox giving a full 360 degree arc of fire. Inside, the breastwork wall is hexagonal to approximately waist height and is then formed into a circle to match the circumference of the roof. Just below the rim are the remains of an iron rail, possibly designed to support an MG or some form of sliding shield or shutter. The massive roof pillar is mushroom shaped with a recessed head space, and there is a small recessed bay [for ammunition?] at one point in the outer wall. The reinforced concrete roof is still turf covered.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06)


      

        Official Name
        RAF Wroughton
      

      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (CANTILEVERED)
      

      

        Location
        Overtown Hackpen track RAF Wroughton, nr. Swindon.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Wroughton, Swindon, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 1540 7880
             (Scale: 1:50000
              , 1994)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Knapper, S.J.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 RAF Wroughton defences - Ground defences of the airfield of RAF Wroughton. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
     (1) - exterior view (attached to sheet).  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Other RAF Wroughton defences.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000258

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 1996/06 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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