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Rectangular pillbox with sloping roof, faces E. Built on large platform dug into railway embankment. [Possible remains of black camouflage paint used to make pillboxes look like workmen's huts.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/05/05)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | E side of former rail crossing, on River Dove |
Area |
Marston on Dove, Derbyshire, England |
Grid reference |
SK 243 288
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 5 - Tamworth to Burton-on-Trent and thence by River Dove to Ashbourne |
Attached Sheets | SRF by AJ Regan, sketch plan (DIGITISED) |
Photographs |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (4) - external views (3 DIGITISED) |
Adjacent sites | Pillbox at SK 243287 |
DOB site reference: | S0005368 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/05/05 |