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D-shaped pillbox of local design.
(Source: Article 1994)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1948/03/22)
Irregular shaped structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1966)
Pillbox, scheduled as part of Green Castle. [see also UORN 7299].
(Source: English Heritage schedule )
Concrete hexagonal pillbox standing on high point above road. Faces S across road. On private land behind barbed wire - no access. One face that can be seen has three embrasures. Earth and grass on roof. Overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/05/05)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | On high point on N side of Common Road, W of Wooler. |
Area |
Wooler, Northumberland, England |
Grid reference |
NT 98290 27778
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is overgrown. |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
Wooler defended village - Wooler is termed a 'defended village' in an Operation Instruction of the 162nd Infantry Brigade (Oct./Nov. 1940). The defences included six pillboxes and thirteen roadblocks. Field evidence shows there were a further six pillboxes in an arc to the W of the town. (NA): PRO WO 166/1035. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0007297 |
Associated Identifier | Scheduled Monument (ref: ND 569) |
Reference |
1994/06 Northumberland Stop Lines: Wooler to Belford 1948/03/22 CPE/SCOT/319 (fr.4014) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/05/05 |