Recently unearthed, this standard type Battle HQ has had it’s roof and cupola removed. The cupola is said to exist amongst a pile of concrete waste elsewhere on the farm. This BHQ is on private land and was visited with permission from the landowner.
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A pair of air raid shelters on the small island of Glimps Holm, between Churchill barriers 2 and 3. There are the remains of an old jetty nearby and various artefacts associated with the construction of the Churchill barriers.
A well preserved trench system that is thought to date from WWI, though may be WWII. This is located roughly 100mtrs from Pillbox S0007237
Pictures of the large gun house at Low Cocklawburn beach near Scremerston. These are from 2004 and predate the current trend for graffiti and general painting of the rear wall.
Not great photos, captured with very old phone. By the time I went back with a proper camera, about a week later, the building had been demolished.
Concrete rectangular pillbox located at back of dunes overlooking road off beach. Now used for service duct, either electric or water board. Original blast wall to entrance present, with embrasures.
A “mini gun battery” at Beacon Point Newbiggin. There is a Hotchkiss 6pdr gun house and a vickers machinegun pillbox as well as the remains of a Lozenge pillbox and another destroyed heavy achine gun pillbox. There is evidence that the Main gun house andf the lozenge pillbox were linked […]
A firewatchers / mine watchers post overlooking the North Shields Ferry landing.
This pillbox has now been opened up after the adjoining garden was extended over the roof. The area behind the pillbox has been cleared of sand to reveal the fact that the pillbox is a double Machine gun pillbox with each compartment having a separate door covered by it’s own […]
Several Anti- invasion defences were constructed around Seaton Delaval Hall, during WW2, such was the fear of invasion from the North Sea after the fall of Norway. These defensive measures around Seaton Delaval Hall included a low-level defensive stone wall, with rifle loops located east of Deer park. ‘L’ shaped […]
Built of concrete filled sandbags, these pillboxes are known as “Beehives”
Shortly after these pictures were taken in September 2010, the extremely bad winter of 2010 caused a build up of snow on the roof of this barn, causing it to collapse at the height of the loopholes.
Loopholed wall protecting Northern approach to Alnwick. Pictures taken in 2006.
A shellproof pillbox located on railway land – so don’t be tempted to trespass there. These pictures from 2006.