Defence of Britain Database Anti-invasion record: S0007028

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Pillbox originally camouflaged to look like a railway track-side shed with a sloping roof. There is a small doorway, and a small rifle embrasure on each side. There are 3 embrasures, splayed on the inside. Internal concrete pillar.
(Source: Article 1993)
Hexagonal pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1996)

Type of site	PILLBOX (VARIANT)
Location	On S side of viaduct of the Stafford - Nuneaton line over the River Tame - on the E side of the line.
Area	Wigginton and Hopwas, Staffordshire, England
Grid reference	SK 1855 0673 (Scale: 1:25000 )
Period	WW2
Condition	Extant but condition unknown
Materials	Reinforced Concrete
Threats	Type: Development (Immediate) Detail: The pillbox is threatened by development (August 2000). The current subject of an evaluation by the Oxford Archaeological Unit, submitted for comment to DoBDA.
Recorder	Kerr, Alistair Graham
Defence grouping	Western Command Stop Line No 5 - Tamworth to Burton-on-Trent and thence by River Dove to Ashbourne
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DOB site reference:	S0007028
Associated Identifier	Staffordshire SMR (ref: 5037)
Reference	1993/12 Tamworth to Burton-upon-Trent Stop Line
Event	Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1996