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Pillbox covers road junction on minor road from Hebden Bridge to Colne. 1100ft above sea level. Set on top of hill with rear set into hillside, approached by a flight of concrete steps. Capped by soil nearly 1m thick, covered with grass. Complete, and in good repair, with cheek-pieces, still lying on the floor, to narrow embrasures.
Set into the embankment at the side of the road, below, are 20 concrete cylinders (50cm in height and diameter) which appear to have belonged to a roadblock.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/04/11)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Boulsworth End Pillbox, At junction of roads to Hebden Bridge, Burnley and Colne, 1km north of Boulsworth End Farm, Burnley |
Area |
Briercliffe, Lancashire, England |
Grid reference |
SD 9048 3530
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1966)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Hornshaw, T.R. |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 11 - The stop line runs from Littleborough (NW of Rochdale), via Todmorden and Burnley, to Colne. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - plans and an additional SRF by Trevor Sutcliffe |
Photographs |
(16) - 11 external, 3 internal and 2 general views (2 DIGITISED) |
Adjacent sites | Set into the embankment at the side of the road, below, are 20 concrete cylinders (50cm in height and diameter) which apear to have belonged to a roadblock. |
DOB site reference: | S0002933 |
Original Reference | 8305 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/04/11 Field Visit, On 1997/07/28 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |