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Rectangular pillbox, one of at least 3 similar pillboxes near High Ercall airfield. Well preserved with corrugated iron roof. Ivy cleared from one side revealing white painted window around one embrasure - presumably wooden shutters fitted to take white lines of frame down face of window.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/08/20)
Pillbox, disguised as a barn [camouflage].
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/19)


      

        Official Name
        RAF High Ercall
      

      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (VARIANT)
      

      

        Location
        At 'Y' junction in hamlet of Osbaston.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Ercall Magna, Wrekin, The, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SJ 599 188
             (Scale: 1:50000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Concrete, 
            Corrugated Iron
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 RAF High Ercall defences - Perimeter defences 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        Recorded as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy)

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (VARIANT) - S0005935
         

     (3) - external views taken as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy) and one print (Lowry) - DIGITISED.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0005935

      

      

        Reference
        
              Pillbox Typology Part 3: Square and Rectangular Types

             1995/07 Exercise Welsh Barrier

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1995/08/20 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1995/07/19 

            Field Visit, On 1995/07/19 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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