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Type 23 pillbox with side chamber. Concrete with brick skin inside and out. Concrete embrasures, shelves and roof. Concrete pillar supports room.
Currently used as Airfield beacon. Beacon light sits on top of pillbox at north west side of airfield.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/10/24)
Official Name | RAF Newton |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) |
Location | RAF Newton airfield |
Area |
Shelford and Newton, Nottinghamshire, England |
Grid reference |
SK 680 415
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Sibley, David |
Defence grouping |
RAF Newton defences - Perimeter defences |
Photographs |
![]() ![]() (4) - two external and two internal views of site (2 DIGITISED) |
DOB site reference: | S0000687 |
Reference |
1981 Action Stations 2, Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1995/10/24 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/10/24 |