
Allan-Williams Turret
Key facts Allan-Williams Turrets at Bembridge Fort, Isle of Wight in 1988Photographs Kevin Briggs
Key facts Allan-Williams Turrets at Bembridge Fort, Isle of Wight in 1988Photographs Kevin Briggs
GHQ Line B Anti Tank Defence. By Tim Denton. This design of anti tank emplacement is unique […]
Hampshire and Surrey Bullet Proof Variant. Ten examples of this bullet proof pillbox survive making it one of […]
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Cuckmere Haven Variant Machine Gun Emplacements There are three of this local design variant to be found within […]
Cuckmere Haven’s One Man Pillbox Variants Ngr TV520977 and 521977 Within the Seven Sisters country park there are two […]
Dover Quad Pillbox The Dover Quad pillbox has a square plan and is 4m on a side. It […]
Woodsford Castle Defence, Dorchester. SY758903 This square and somewhat part disguised pillbox is built into the garden […]
Eastern Command Type This Type is almost unique to Essex (two exist north of Cambridge) and only occur […]
Eared Pillbox This pillbox gets its name from its unusual entrance arrangement which from some angles suggests […]
Essex Lozenge This type is unique to the Essex coastline and is purpose designed to command the flat […]
Extended Defence Officer Posts The function of EXDO (or, equally valid for this context. XDO) in the Royal […]
This unusually tall rectangular pillbox can be found beside the A3023 Havant Rd at Hayling Island a short […]
Lincolnshire Three Bay The Lincolnshire three bay pillbox is a variant form of the FW3/23. Essentially it is […]
Lozenge Pillbox The lozenge type is found only in the Northeast of England. The type is an […]
Wiltshire’s Smallest Pillbox. Ngr SU188692 Most people walking down Kingsbury Street in Marlborough wouldn’t give it a second glance […]
Tillingbourne Brook, East Shalford Lane, Ngr TQ 012474 On a section of GHQ Line B near Shalford […]
Key Facts Circular Design 360 degree field of fire low profile Gun mounted on railed mounting Usually found […]
       Key Facts Pre-cast concrete pipe 6 feet in diameter with 4 inch thick wall After casting it […]
FW3/24 at Great Copse, Ranmore Common, Surrey. Sequence number 86 – NGR TQ125495. Continuing on the North Downs […]
This tall but slim profile type 24 can be found beside the North Downs Way above Wotton in […]
Shellproof defence built for site,Wotton,Surrey. Ngr TQ121494 Along the route of the North Downs Way between Newlands Corner and Ranmore […]
Northumberland “D†Type This variant is only found in Northumberland and 17 examples are known to exist. […]
From the Manual OF Field Engineering Vol. 1 (All Arms) 1933 comes a description of how and when […]
Pentagonal Pillboxes Pentagonal pillboxes, as the name suggests, are regular pentagons in shape. This general type appears to […]
Key Facts The ‘Lifting & Turning Fort’ In the summer of 1940 many engineering companies approached government departments […]
Turnbull Mounts Turnbull mounts were not exclusively used for mounting Vickers machine-guns but Brens, Lewis, water cooled Brownings […]
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The hexagonal Anti-tank gun emplacement or gun pit as it can also be called is one of […]
ROF Type The ROF type is a bespoke design only found at Royal Ordnance depots and factories. It […]
Airfield Defence Pillbox The first thing that people say when they see a Seagull Trench is “Look at […]
Along GHQ Line B south of Guildford between Godalming and Chilworth there are eighteen unique shaped pillboxes that […]
Key facts Tett turrets at RAF Hornchurch, Essex The former airfield at RAF Hornchurch in Essex boasts the […]
Rare and unusual designs normally built for a specific location where observation and a clear view of fire was essential […]
Under all that 1/4″ steel plate is a Triumph WO-3SW cica 1939 350cc single side valve. Possiblly the […]
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey. TQ 0699562943 This small and unique six sided pillbox can be found within the […]
Key Facts Build variations can be found with different positioning of secondary loopholes and air vent, length and […]
Key Facts No doubt many of you will have noticed the large number of Concrete `Pipe` type pillboxes […]