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Type 22 pillbox, brick-shuttered, probably to guard entrance to aerodrome. There is another 300 yards away. A machine gun mount survives in the interior. There is an anti-ricochet wall at an angle to the door
(Source: Field Visit 2000/09/02)
Official Name | RAF Kirkbride |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
Location | Near Black House Farm, just to the E of the Wigton - Kirkbride road, near Blackhouse. |
Area |
Kirkbride, Cumbria, England |
Grid reference |
NY 236 547
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1977)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Barnes, Russell W. |
Defence grouping |
RAF Kirkbride defences - The ground defences of the airfield of RAF Kirkbride. |
Attached Sheets | (3) - pages with photographs from web pages. |
Photographs |
(6) - interior and exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0013277 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 2000/02 |