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Pillbox on road bridge over river.
(Source: Information from recorder 1998/02/21)
Type 24 pillbox, situated on E side of road covering S access to bridge which crosses Bromborough pool.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/16)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/08/10)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces SE down road.
(Source: Map 1956)
Pillbox. Cassini ref. 807055. Guarding roadblock. One of two at this position [see UORN 7371]. Completed with camouflage by 30.8.40.
(Source: Document 1940/08/30)
Type 24 pillbox at S end of bridge over a Mersey inlet.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/05/10)
Variant on a type 24 pillbox situated on the E side of the road at the S end of the bridge. The pillbox faces S, with doorway on its NE side. Rifle embrasure to left of doorway, with a larger stepped LMG embrasure to the right. Both these embrasures are open. The embrasure in the W face is blocked, and the one in the SW face has been blocked but is now open. The other embrasures cannot be seen as a thick hedge is now growing against this side of the pillbox. Concrete-faced: the concrete is well matrixed with stone. Interior access possible. There is surprising little vandal damage despite the position of the pillbox in an urban environment at a point where there is considerably deriliction on the under side of the bridge.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/05/19)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
|---|---|
| Location | New Chester Road (A41), on SE side of Bromborough Pool Bridge, Port Sunlight. |
| Area |
Bebington, Wirral, England |
| Grid reference |
SJ 34309 84161
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is partly overgrown. |
| Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
| Photographs |
(2) - external views and (1) - external view taken as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy) |
| DOB site reference: | S0006150 |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences Defences in the Wirral, information from 1995/06 Defensive Installations on Wirral 1995/07 Exercise Welsh Barrier 1940/08/30 Works Report 1945/08/10 106G/UK/626 (fr.4128) |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940/08/30 Field Visit, On 1995/07/16 Field Visit, On 1995/07/16 Field Visit, On 1999/05/10 Field Visit, On 2003/05/19 |
