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Small, square, flat topped defence post [pillbox] covering road 2 miles from city centre, one of a network of which must have surrounded city in 1940-41.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/07)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | On edge of woodland overlooking minor road from Ecclestone, north to Chester, Heronbridge |
Area |
Chester, Cheshire, England |
Grid reference |
SJ 408 637
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1996)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
City of Chester defences - |
DOB site reference: | S0006572 |
Reference |
1950 History of Cheshire Home Guard |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In 1996/07 |