Thesaurus Term/Concept: PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/27)

Identifier 123519
Class DEFENCE OF BRITAIN
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A large octagonal pillbox, with a projecting entrance, equipped with loopholes for eight Light Machine Guns and a Light Anti Aircraft mounting sited in a central well which was accessed from inside the pillbox. Designed by DFW branch 3.

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Context Record
Monument Type MNF18472 Happisburgh 4.7 inch coastal battery and Cold War Royal Observer Corps site (Monument)
Monument Type MNF32675 Site of World War Two coastal battery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF38749 World War Two pillbox or gun emplacement (Monument)
Monument Type MNF16972 World War Two pillbox with anti-aircraft machine gun mounting (Monument)