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The pillbox has deteriorated noticeably in the last 12 months [prior to 3rd November 1997] as a result of river bank erosion. The structure is beginning to break up.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/11/03)
Square concrete pillbox.
Constructed of prefabricated panels in a concrete frame with 18in hardcore infill. Damaged panels reveal poor quality infill and a variety of steel reinforcement rods.
Possible attempted demolition of N side around entrance. Embrasures face river and bridge. Small concrete shelves at each embrasure. The embrasures are precast.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/19)
Square pre-fabricated pillbox, made of hollow pre-cast concrete panels bolted together with a concrete filling. Approx. 13ft square, with pre-formed embrasures in all four sides, including one beside the entrance.
(Source: Article 1993)
Pillbox - oblong, with 10ft x 8ft walls that are 2ft thick. Made of concrete slabs with rubble in between and framed with iron girders.
[The recorder - Margaret Travis - painted the pillbox in 1986 when it still had a doorway extant].
[The recorder gives designation Worcs. 319 and HWCM 1415].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/01/15)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (PREFABRICATED) |
|---|---|
| Location | Eckington Bridge, on N bank of the River Avon, S of Defford. |
| Area |
Birlingham, Worcestershire, England |
| Grid reference |
SO 9220 4236
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Bad |
| Materials | Concrete, Iron, Stone Rubble |
| Threats |
Type: River bank erosion (Immediate) Detail: River bank erosion is currently endangering the structure of the pillbox. |
| Recorder | Lee (2 Military Intelligence Company) |
| Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 2 - Stop Line following the line of the River Avon from Tewkesbury to the neighbourhood of Coventry. |
| Attached Sheets | Additional SRF by Mick Wilks |
| Photographs |
(8) - 5 external and 1 internal view taken as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy) and by Worcestershire DoB Project plus three photographs of a watercolour of the pillbox painted by Margaret Travis (1 DIGITISED). |
| DOB site reference: | S0006972 |
| Associated Identifier | Hereford and Worcester SMR (ref: HWCM 25082) |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences Pillbox Typology Part 3: Square and Rectangular Types 1995/07 Exercise Welsh Barrier |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 1995/07/19 Field Visit, On 1995/07/19 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/01/15 |
