Committed to the study and preservation of 20th Century pillboxes and anti-invasion defences – In the UK and around the world

Monthly Archives: February 2013

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