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Small rectangular concrete pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1993)
Structure plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/11/13)
Rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1968)
Small square concrete pillbox, with doorway and embrasure on W side. Large embrasure in the N face, and small embrasure in E face. No access - barbed wire and security patrols. Viewed from a distance.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/05/01)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | S of Greatham Creek, on N end of old railway embankment, some 150 yards E of Seaton Carew Road (A178). |
Area |
Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, England |
Grid reference |
NZ 50939 25021
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Newbould, H.C. |
Defence grouping |
Greatham Creek defended locality - Defences of the rear defended locality of Greatham Creek. |
Photographs |
![]() (3) - external views, two copied onto A4 sheet |
Adjacent sites | Pillbox at NZ 506253 |
DOB site reference: | S0006049 |
Reference |
1946/11/13 CPE/UK/1835 (frs.3054-3055) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1993 Field Visit, On 2003/05/01 |