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Machine gun post. Described by the recorder as a pillbox. [A square structure with a large flat concrete roof that overhangs the lower structure. The roof is supported by four concrete pillars in each corner, thus creating 4 large embrasures each almost the length of the wall. It is uncertain what this structure was for, but it does lie on the line of Western Command Stop Line number 14].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/05/02)
Square pillbox built for site. Type not known. Now tilted on its base.
[Recorder Taylor gives NGR - SD 316080].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/25)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | In a field 300yds E of Downholland Brook, Downholland Moss, E of Formby. |
Area |
Great Altcar, Lancashire, England |
Grid reference |
SD 315 080
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Rowlands, J.K. |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 14 - The stop line runs from Wigan, via Burscough, to Formby. |
Attached Sheets | (8) - a map of the area, plan and elevations of structure, and five pages with attached photographs. |
Photographs |
(11) - 9 external views, 2 internal (2 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0011767 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/05/02 Field Visit, On 2000/08/25 |