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Yearly Archives: 2013

Dorset Square Variant
Woodsford Castle Defence, Dorchester. SY758903 This square and somewhat part disguised pillbox is built into the garden […]

November 8, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

Gosport Rectangular Pillbox

October 31, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

Ewshot Pillbox Restoration September 2013.
Just over three years ago PSG members completed the Rescue Archaeology on six of the 18 pillboxes that […]

September 10, 2013 in Rescue Archaeology by Tim Denton

Hayling Island Rectangular Pillbox
This unusually tall rectangular pillbox can be found beside the A3023 Havant Rd at Hayling Island a short […]

July 8, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

North Downs Way Shellproof Type 24 Variant.
FW3/24 at Great Copse, Ranmore Common, Surrey. Sequence number 86 – NGR TQ125495. Continuing on the North Downs […]

June 17, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

Aldershot Command’s 2 – Pounder Emplacement
GHQ Line B Anti Tank Defence. By Tim Denton. This design of anti tank emplacement is unique […]

May 30, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

Vickers Factory Pillbox.
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey. TQ 0699562943 This small and unique six sided pillbox can be found within the […]

May 12, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs Part 2 O - Z by Tim Denton

QF Six Pounder Open Gun Emplacement
The hexagonal Anti-tank gun emplacement or gun pit as it can also be called is one of […]

April 2, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs Part 2 O - Z by Tim Denton

Aldershot Command’s 8-Sided Pillbox
Hampshire and Surrey Bullet Proof Variant. Ten examples of this bullet proof pillbox survive making it one of […]

March 15, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

Anderson Shelter in situ at Ness Battery, Orkney — Anderson Shelter
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March 13, 2013 in WWII Defensive Structures by colin

Vickers Gun & Equipped for Action
Â A Vickers Emplacement 70 Years On An early morning in July saw myself and Mike Hopton meet up […]

March 2, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

North Downs Way Tall Type 24
This tall but slim profile type 24 can be found beside the North Downs Way above Wotton in […]

February 24, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

North Downs Way Unusual Variant
Shellproof defenceÂ built for site,Wotton,Surrey. Ngr TQ121494 Along the route of the North Downs WayÂ between Newlands Corner and Ranmore […]

February 20, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

Surrey’s Mowlem Type 24 Drum
Along GHQ Line B south of Guildford between Godalming and Chilworth there are eighteen unique shaped pillboxes that […]

February 17, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs Part 2 O - Z by Tim Denton

Marlborough Mini Pillbox
Wiltshire’s Smallest Pillbox. Ngr SU188692 Most people walking down Kingsbury StreetÂ in Marlborough wouldnâ€™t give it a second glance […]

February 11, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

Dug in Type 24 Rescue

Working on Ewshots second Type 24 project During the late spring of 2010 the survey and rescue archaeology on […]

February 10, 2013 in Rescue Archaeology by Tim Denton

Open MG Emplacement plan — Open Machine Gun Positions
From the Manual OF Field Engineering Vol. 1 (All Arms) 1933 comes a description of how and when […]

February 9, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs Part 2 O - Z by colin

Netley Park Type 24 Rescue
Netley Park House, North Downs, Shere. GHQ Line B Rescue Archaeology Ngr TQ079486 At the end of January […]

February 5, 2013 in Rescue Archaeology by Tim Denton

Loopholed Walls
Loopholed walls are one of the rarer forms of surviving defences. Good examples can be found inÂ Basingstoke Town […]

February 4, 2013 in WWII Defensive Structures by Tim Denton

Building Winterton-On-Sea’s Defences
Constructing Winterton-On-Sea’sÂ Â WWII Anti-Invasion Defences A Personal Perspective,Â By John Green MBE I am recalling these events from 60 years […]

January 30, 2013 in Defence Articles by colin

Cuckmere Mini Pillbox Variants
Cuckmere Haven’s One Man Pillbox Variants Ngr TV520977 and 521977 Within the Seven Sisters country park there are two […]

January 27, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

Cuckmere MG Emplacement
Cuckmere Haven Variant Machine Gun Emplacements There are three of this local design variant to be found within […]

January 26, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton

Spigot Mortar Emplacement Rescue Archaeology
Aldershot Command Spigot Mortar Base. Black Bridge, Hook, Hampshire. SU718537 This project had taken several years to come […]

January 25, 2013 in Rescue Archaeology by Tim Denton

Southern Railway Pillboxes, Farnborough.
Ngr SU832554 This type 22 variant pillbox situated alongside the main south coast line at Cove near Farnborough […]

January 24, 2013 in Home Front Sites by colin

Earthworks & Slit Trenches

January 21, 2013 in WWII Defensive Structures by Tim Denton

ROF pillbox variants
ROF Type The ROF type is a bespoke design only found at Royal Ordnance depots and factories. It […]

January 21, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs Part 2 O - Z by colin

Pentagonal Pillbox
Pentagonal Pillboxes Pentagonal pillboxes, as the name suggests, are regular pentagons in shape. This general type appears to […]

January 21, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs Part 2 O - Z by colin

Lozenge Pillbox
Lozenge Pillbox The lozenge type is found only in the Northeast of England. The type is an […]

January 21, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by colin

Lincolnshire 3 Bay
Lincolnshire Three Bay The Lincolnshire three bay pillbox is a variant form of the FW3/23. Essentially it is […]

January 21, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by colin

Essex Lozenge
Essex Lozenge This type is unique to the Essex coastline and is purpose designed to command the flat […]

January 21, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by colin

Eastern Command Type
Eastern Command Type This Type is almost unique to Essex (two exist north of Cambridge) and only occur […]

January 21, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by colin

Eared Pillbox
Eared Pillbox This pillbox gets its name from its unusual entrance arrangement which from some angles suggests […]

January 21, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by colin

Dover Quad
Dover Quad Pillbox The Dover Quad pillbox has a square plan and is 4m on a side. It […]

January 21, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by colin

Northumberland D Type
Northumberland â€œDâ€ Type This variant is only found in Northumberland and 17 examples are known to exist. […]

January 21, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by colin

Type 22 ‘Eastern Command Variant’

Hexagonal with central LAA / Observation well. This is usually found in two sizes: One with walls of […]

January 14, 2013 in Advanced Pillboxes / Variant and Local Designs Part 2 O - Z by colin

Anti-Tank Obstacles
Anti-Tank Vertical Rails, East Sussex. Picture by Tim Denton 2009 Dragons Teeth on the North […]

January 14, 2013 in Defence / WWII Defensive Structures by Tim Denton

Northumberland Stoplines
Wooler To Belford This is the most northerly stop line in the county of Northumberland and as such […]

January 13, 2013 in Defence Articles by colin

Two Storey & Tower Pillbox Designs
Rare and unusual designs normally built for a specific location where observation and a clear view of fire was essential […]

January 12, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs Part 2 O - Z by Tim Denton

National Trust North Downs GHQ Line B Pillbox Event
National Trust North Downs Pillbox Day Sunday the 13th of September 2009 was probably the first time the […]

January 10, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

ARP Signal Box
In the late 1930s as threat of war with Germany grew so did the general anticipation that if […]

January 8, 2013 in WWII Defensive Structures by Tim Denton