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Type 22 pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/03/19)
Brick-shuttered pillbox, which has sustained damage to the roof and upper entrance face as if someone has begun trying to destroy it. Concrete shelves intact inside. Brick central pillar. Height 7ft. Wall section 8ft. Embrasures 2ft wide front at front, 10ins at narrowest point x 12ins high and 18ins thick. Entrance 2 ft wide and 4ft high.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/09/11)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | On the NW of the junction of the A514 road and a minor road from Ingleby Toft to Melbourne. |
Area |
Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire, England |
Grid reference |
SK 371 264
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Regan, A. J. (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 5 - Tamworth to Burton-on-Trent and thence by River Dove to Ashbourne |
Photographs |
![]() (5), 4 exterior, 1 interior views (1 DIGITISED).. |
DOB site reference: | S0000144 |
Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/03/19 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |