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A solid brick square pillbox, with integral L-shaped entrance wall, under a 6in thick roof slab. With 3 embrasures which are vertical slits of pre-cast concrete.
[Recorder Osborne gives NGR - SU 613015].
(Source: Article 1993)
Pillbox - unclassified. Built at the end of the pier, on top of the generator building. Has brick walls and a concrete roof.
(Source: SMR )
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
---|---|
Location | At the end of the pier on top of the generator building, Priddy's Hard, Gosport. |
Area |
Alverstoke, Hampshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 613 018
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Hampshire coast defences - Defences of the Hampshire coast line and immediate hinterland. |
DOB site reference: | S0006998 |
Associated Identifier | Hampshire SMR (ref: SU60SW 56) |
Reference |
Pillbox Typology Part 3: Square and Rectangular Types |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |