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Polygonal lozenge-shaped pillbox.
(Source: Article 1994)
Irregular shaped pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1966)
Pillbox. P.277. Cassini ref. 479492.
(Source: Document 1941/01)
Pillbox seen at a distance from the Burnhouse Road on top of ridge. No access. Three small square embrasures and one larger one in visible faces. Faces road (W). Concrete-faced. Grass on roof. It appears to be in 'good' condition.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/05/05)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (VARIANT)
      

      

        Location
        On ridge N of Burnhouse Road behind houses, W of Wooler.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Wooler, Northumberland, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            NT 98612 28369
             (Scale: 1:2500
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Rudd, Alan (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Wooler defended village - Wooler is termed a 'defended village' in an Operation Instruction of the 162nd Infantry Brigade (Oct./Nov. 1940). The defences included six pillboxes and thirteen roadblocks. Field evidence shows there were a further six pillboxes in an arc to the W of the town. (NA): PRO WO 166/1035. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (VARIANT) - S0007300
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0007300

      

      

        Reference
        
             1994/06 Northumberland Stop Lines: Wooler to Belford

             1941/01 Operation Instruction No.2

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1941/01 

            Field Visit, On 2003/05/05 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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