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Type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit )
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1958)
Type 24 variant pillbox with projecting walls protecting entrance. Almost completely buried, and used as a mound to race motor scramble bikes over. Faces W.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/05/21)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | E of Ramsey Dock Road in derelict area on the W side of Barrow Island. |
Area |
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England |
Grid reference |
SD 19741 67826
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Barrow Docks defences - The defences of the port and shipbuilding facilities at Barrow-in-Furness. Cumbria coast defences - Defences of the Cumbria coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
![]() (2) - exterior views (photocopies) |
DOB site reference: | S0015730 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2003/05/21 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, By 2001 |