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Hexagon-shaped pillbox with 6 embrasures, one in each wall, including a full size embrasure off-set in the side containing the door. Constructed of concrete with brick shuttering (40cm thick walls) and external cement cladding (now partially eroded). The roof is very solid and is of concrete over half inch iron reinforcing bars originally on to wooden shuttering. All embrasures are stepped pre-cast concrete, but there is no evidence of brackets or shutters. On what appears to be the main defence arc, the embrasure has been enlarged and lowered to form what might be a 45cm x 48cm firing port. Inside the pillbox is a centrally placed, concrete anti-ricochet wall consisting of 3 equal wings and 3 bays; this also acts as an additional roof support. Outside, the ground is level with the bottom of the embrasures and the roof has a lip around it with drainage holes, probably for natural turf camouflage, of which none remains. Access is by an offset half doorway. The entrance is protected by semi-sunken exterior blast walls. All the embrasures and the doorway have now been blocked, although access can still be made through the enlarged embrasure. The main defence arc of the pillbox is S to SW.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06)
| Official Name | RAF Wroughton |
|---|---|
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
| Location | Beranburh field, RAF Wroughton, nr. Swindon. |
| Area |
Wroughton, Swindon, England |
| Grid reference |
SU 1568 7881
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1994)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Fair |
| Materials | Cement, Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Knapper, S.J. |
| Defence grouping |
RAF Wroughton defences - Ground defences of the airfield of RAF Wroughton. |
| Attached Sheets | (1) Plan |
| Adjacent sites | Other RAF Wroughton defences. |
| DOB site reference: | S0000260 |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1996/06 |
