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Type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit )
Hexagonal pillbox with attached porch, plotted from OS 1:2500 map sheet. Shown on map with hatching around as if dug in.
(Source: Map 1958)
Concrete type 24 variant with projecting walls protecting the entrance. Earth and grass on roof. Faces Walney Channel (WSW).
(Source: Field Visit 2003/05/21)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        Near S point of Barrow Island close to perimeter of modern port area.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SD 19887 67267
             (Scale: 1:2500
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Barrow Docks defences - The defences of the port and shipbuilding facilities at Barrow-in-Furness. 

 
 Cumbria coast defences - Defences of the Cumbria coast line and immediate hinterland. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0015727
         

     (1) - exterior view (photocopy)  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0015727

      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 2003/05/21 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, By 2001 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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