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Pillbox variant. A concrete pipe set on its end with embrasures cut in side (4 visible). On top of the pipe has been added a further two lengths of pipe to camouflage the structure as an industrial chimney.
(Source: Field Visit )
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | On side of canal, Lifford, King's Norton, Birmingham |
Area |
Birmingham, Birmingham, England |
Grid reference |
SP 054 803
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
City of Birmingham defences - Defences of Birmingham. |
Attached Sheets | Xerox sheet with photo. from Wills collection, Swindon. |
Photographs |
![]() (2) - external views (1 DIGITISED) |
DOB site reference: | S0011772 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |