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Unusual hexagonal pillbox with open central well for LAA mount. Embrasures in angles, not faces. Apparently unique.
(Source: Field Visit 1995)
Hexagonal pillbox with central LMG/AA platform, with embrasures across each corner angle. Brick built with concrete roof. Ruins of blast mound to rear covering doorway.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04/16)
Official Name | RAF Brooklands |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
Location | RAF Brooklands, Weybridge - near control tower (now aircraft museum). |
Area |
Weybridge, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 0698 6297
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
RAF Brooklands defences - Ground defences |
Attached Sheets | (3) - plan and page with photocopies of photographs: plan and elevation (Cobb). |
Photographs |
(4) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED): photocopies of exterior and interior views. |
Adjacent sites | Bofors tower at TQ 072629. |
DOB site reference: | S0007934 |
Event |
Field Visit, During 1995 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/04/16 |