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Standard type 28 pillbox.
Designed to emplace a 2 pounder anti-tank gun.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/02/02)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28) |
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Location | Junction of B1443 and B1040 roads, N of Thorney. |
Area |
Thorney, Peterborough, England |
Grid reference |
TF 279 050
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1987)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The emplacement is heavily overgrown. |
Recorder | Sansom, Mark |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough) - Section running from the Essex / Cambridgeshire border to the Lincolnshire border. |
Photographs |
![]() (1) - exterior view (DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0002032 |
Original Reference | 7359 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/02/02 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |