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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.
(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 678 419
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Animal burrowing (Immediate) Detail: Rabbit warren under pillbox. |
Recorder | Sibley, David |
Defence grouping |
RAF Newton defences - Perimeter defences |
Photographs |
![]() (4) - external views of site (1 DIGITISED) |
DOB site reference: | S0000689 |
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 |