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Entrance to pillbox is on south facing side: it is sunken and the floor of the pillbox is underground but above sea level. Pillbox has only two embrasures - one faces inland the other towards the sea.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/02/01)
Square pillbox, partly sunken. Brick-shuttered.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/10/26)
Large rectangular, brick shuttered pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/08/08)
Official Name | RAF Cark |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
Location | Car park at West Plain Farm, Flookburgh. |
Area |
Grange over Sands, Cumbria, England |
Grid reference |
SD 3690 7428
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1979)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Deterioration (Medium Term) Detail: The brick-shuttering has largely fallen away. |
Recorder | Allison, J. |
Defence grouping |
RAF Cark defences - Ground and perimeter defences Cumbria coast defences - Defences of the Cumbria coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Attached Sheets | (2) - pages with attached photographs. |
Photographs |
(6) - external views (2 DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Pillbox: SD 368741 |
DOB site reference: | S0002901 |
Original Reference | 8272 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1981 Action Stations 3, Military Airfields of Wales and the North West |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/02/01 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/10/26 Field Visit, On 1995/08/08 |