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Circular concrete [type 25?] pillbox constructed without roof and with high level entrance and central well. Four long narrow embrasures. In very good condition.
Area C/O, B. Lowry, suggests it could have had a secondary role as an LAA position.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/04)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | On E boundary fence of Power Station site, Nunns Mill Road, Northampton. |
Area |
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England |
Grid reference |
SP 7656 5965
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1988)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Armishaw, A. |
Defence grouping |
Northampton anti-tank island/nodal point - Originally suggested as an anti-tank island with 17 road blocks on roads around the city. When the Northampton was redesignated a nodal point in September 1941 a number (14) of road blocks were removed and three were developed into defended localities. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - plans of site |
Photographs | (3) - external views |
DOB site reference: | S0007081 |
Associated Identifier | Northamptonshire SMR (ref: 8567/1/2) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1999/04 |