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Infantry version of Vickers machine gun emplacement, with 3 embrasures and half-hexagonal mantlet.
(Source: Article 1993)
Pillbox. Categorised 'C' for removal.
(Source: Document 1948)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | N of Newport, on land at rear of nurseries [now Carnation Nurseries]. |
Area |
Newport, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 520 351
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - |
DOB site reference: | S0006985 |
Reference |
Pillbox Typology Part 3: Square and Rectangular Types 1949 Lists of Temporary Defence Works Cases |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |