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Type 22 pillbox built with corrugated iron shuttering.
(Source: Field Visit 1989/03/27)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from aerial photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1989/03/27)
Type 22 concrete-faced pillbox, corrugated-iron shuttered. 4 x embrasures, three of which appear to have been blocked during use of pillbox. The SW embrasure is unblocked. Some damage to embrasures. Wooden door frame. Faces N. Access possible to interior - filled with rubbish.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/30)
Hexagonal pillbox structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1971)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | On corner of sea bank, near Lawyers' Creek, N of Holbeach St. Matthew. |
Area |
Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England |
Grid reference |
TF 40859 33902
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1971)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Corrugated Iron, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Lincolnshire coast defences - Defences of the Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire coasts and the immediate hinterland. |
DOB site reference: | S0005205 |
Reference |
1989/03/27 OS/89052 (13421/1) 1940/07/14 TF4033/1 (fr 00960) |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2002/07/30 Construction, In the period 1940/08 |