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Type 22 pillbox. Each wall is 7ft 6in long. The entrance is to the rear. 5 embrasures, approx. 2ft 6in x 9in in size. Pillbox has a flat roof and stands 8ft high.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/02/23)
A 'lightweight' hexagonal concrete block-built pillbox, with attached open-topped structure protecting the entrance. It overlooks the sea and the disused railway to a wartime magnesium factory.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/04)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)
      

      

        Location
        On top of Copperas Hill, 1/4 mile SSW of Harrington Parks Farm.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Workington, Cumbria, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            NX 988 245
             (Scale: 1:50000
              , 1994)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete Block
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Vandalism (Medium Term) 
Detail: Graffiti has already been daubed on the pillbox.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Wilson, J.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Cumbria coast defences - Defences of the Cumbria coast line and immediate hinterland. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (2) - sheets with information and photographs (from web pages).

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) - S0002893
         

     (4) - 3 exterior, 1 interior views (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0002893

      

      

        Original Reference
        8264
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1997/02/23 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 1999/04 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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