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Small brick pillbox with concrete roof defending a Bofors LAA emplacement. The site was excavated ahead of destruction for a new road. [See NAI 4276].
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | Adjoining Brockhill Lane, to the S of Irelands Farm, Brockhill, Redditch. |
Area |
Redditch, Worcestershire, England |
Grid reference |
SP 0301 6837
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Wilks, Mick (Hereford and Worcester Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Redditch anti-tank island - Defences of Redditch anti-tank island [ref: Worcester Sub-Area Operation Instruction No.3 Map 'A']. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - site location map.
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Photographs |
(2) - site views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0014126 |
Associated Identifier | Hereford and Worcester SMR (ref: HWCM 21318) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Destruction, In the period 1997 1998 Excavation, During 1997 |