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

Tim Denton

The Rescue of a Unique GHQ Line A Pillbox, Basingstoke ...
The most unusual and unique pillbox on the Basingstoke Canal is undoubtedly the tall variant built into the […]

November 30, 2016 in Rescue Archaeology by Tim Denton

Basingstoke Canal Type 26/Stent Prefab Rescue
Prefab Type 26 Pillbox 52B, Lock 15, Brookwood Bridge, Surrey. SU943569 Back in the spring a meeting […]

December 5, 2015 in Rescue Archaeology by Tim Denton

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

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

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

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

Earthworks & Slit Trenches

January 21, 2013 in WWII Defensive Structures by Tim Denton

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

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

Ewshot & Operation Cromwell Part 1
The rescue & recording of two Vickers gun emplacements A sunny October morning in 2009 saw well […]

January 7, 2013 in Rescue Archaeology by Tim Denton

Basingstoke Canal Defences
Anti-tank Cylinder and Mine Socket Excavation Blacksmith’s Bridge, Dogmersfield, Hampshire. During the winter months of late 2007 and […]

January 7, 2013 in Rescue Archaeology by Tim Denton

Stroudwater canal pillbox review — Stroudwater Canal Pillboxes
http://www.gsia.org.uk/canals/projects/s04_ars_pillboxes.pdf

January 3, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

Flame Fougasse: Poynings Flame Trap
Saddlescombe Road, Poyning,Â West Sussex. NGR: TQ 267118 Fanning The Flames AsÂ Flame Trap FeverÂ Â continues to sweep the nation fuelled […]

January 3, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

SY 6043-9720 — Maiden Newton – Poole Harbour Stop Line
The Maiden-Newton To Dorchester Section Down in the deepest, darkest depths of Dorset the remains of hundreds of […]

January 3, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

Auburn Sands ‘Coastal Crust’ Defences
Bridlington Auburn Sands, Bridlington was a very vulnerable, quiet area, perfect for a German landing, with smooth, golden, […]

January 3, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

Building Pillboxes: A Personal Story

During the 1938/39 period I was employed erecting and fitting-out the sectional buildings which comprised the Berechurch and […]

January 3, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

Defending Chequers Bridge
The GHQ Line, Aldershot Command (See O.S. 50,000 Map 186) A Concentration of Vickers Medium Machine Gun Pillboxes […]

January 3, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

Winterton’s Beach Defences
Spigot Mortar Base This spigot mortar base can be found on the beach at Winterton and would most […]

January 3, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

Breamore Mill, River Avon, Ringwood Stopline
Downton, Hampshire Adapted from an article published in Loopholes No: 21 By Nigel walker Ever since I moved […]

January 3, 2013 in Defence Articles by Tim Denton

Auxiliary Units
The Auxiliary Units or GHQ Auxiliary Units were specially trained, highly secret units created by the United Kingdom […]

January 3, 2013 in WWII Defensive Structures by Tim Denton

Triumph Motorbike Pillbox
Under all that 1/4″ steel plate is a Triumph WO-3SW cica 1939 350cc single side valve. Possiblly the […]

January 3, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs Part 2 O - Z by Tim Denton

Mowlem 6 Pounder Drum Pillbox Shalford Surrey
Tillingbourne Brook, East Shalford Lane, Ngr TQ 012474 On a section of GHQ Line B near Shalford […]

January 3, 2013 in Variant And Local Designs / Variant and Local Designs part 1 A - N by Tim Denton