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Circular pillbox camouflaged to blend in with the rocky landscape - rocks are added to the roof to beak up the outline. With six embrasures and a wall screening the entrance. One of a group of circular pillboxes around Holyhead.
(Source: Field Visit )
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | Near Trearddur, Holyhead |
Area |
Holyhead, Anglesey, Isle of, Wales |
Grid reference |
SH 252 796
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Concrete, Stone |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Holyhead defences - Perimeter defences of the port of Holyhead, Anglesey Isle of Anglesey defences - Defences of Anglesey, North Wales. |
DOB site reference: | S0007056 |
Reference |
1993/12 Pillbox Typology Part 4: Circular and Other Rounded Types |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |