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Rectangular pillbox faced with red brick built against boundary wall with interior concrete. Concrete lintel over entrance opening onto lawn has 23ins thickness. 4 x embrasures, one facing S overlooking road, two facing east across farm drive and fields, and one facing N.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/01/08)
Pillbox - unclassified. Built into the corner of an existing brick wall surrounding a mill owner's house.
(Source: SMR )
Rectangular pillbox of red brick built against boundary wall with inside concrete strengthening. Concrete lintel over entrance doorway opening.
(Source: SMR )
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | Built against SE corner of boundary brick wall of Sherecroft Gardens on A334 road, in the grounds of 'Ambergate', Mill Hill, Botley. |
Area |
Botley, Hampshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 5180 1300
(Scale: 1:1250
, 1999)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Wylie, A.E. |
Defence grouping |
Botley anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Botley (4 Division) anti-tank island.
[GHQ and Comd: Cassini U93. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - Hampshire defence line survey form 1989, with measured plan. |
Photographs |
![]() (4) - 2 interior and 2 exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | 3 other pillboxes and 6 x anti-tank blocks in the grounds of Sherecroft Gardens. |
DOB site reference: | S0011704 |
Associated Identifier | Hampshire SMR (ref: SU51 SW26) |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2000/01/08 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |