Defence of Britain Archive
Council for British Archaeology, 2002. (updated 2006) https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327. How to cite using this DOI
Data copyright © Council for British Archaeology unless otherwise stated
This work is licensed under the ADS Terms of Use and Access.
Primary contact
Council for British Archaeology
92 Micklegate
York
YO1 6JX
England
Tel: +44 (0)1904
Fax: 671417
Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 324
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
- How to cite using this DOI
Pillbox, no specification. Rectangular pillbox with long axis facing the road junction. There are 3 vertical embrasures in the centre of this wall.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/11/04)
Reinforced concrete rectangular pillbox, faced on the exterior with concrete blocks. It appears to the recorder to have been sited the wrong way round, with the entrance facing the road which runs some 8ft - 10ft below. On the far side of the pillbox away from the road, the ground rises steeply and would afford a very restricted field of fire. There is a low anti-blast wall freestanding in front of the entrance. The embrasures have been filled in, and, from the weathering of the concrete used for this purpose, this seems to have been done not long after the war. At a later date, efforts appear to have been made to open them up again. There are three vertical slots above and either side of the doorway which are presumably embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | 50-60yds N of the road bridge over the River Windrush on the junction of the A424 and A361 which forms a 'T' intersection at all three points, Burford |
| Area |
Burford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Grid reference |
SP 253 127
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1996)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Concrete Block, Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Dennett, David |
| Attached Sheets | (3) - additional SRF from further site visit and site location map. |
| Photographs |
(3) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
| DOB site reference: | S0009106 |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/11/04 Field Visit, During 2000/04 |
