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Pictures of the large gun house at Low Cocklawburn beach near Scremerston. These are from 2004 and predate […]
BEACH DEFENCE BATTERY: S0007198, Scremerston.
Not great photos, captured with very old phone. By the time I went back with a proper camera, […]
Northumberland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NFS Static Water Sign (now ...
Concrete rectangular pillbox located at back of dunes overlooking road off beach. Now used for service duct, either […]
PILLBOX: S0001748
A “mini gun battery” at Beacon Point Newbiggin. There is a Hotchkiss 6pdr gun house and a vickers […]
ANTI TANK GUN EMPLACEMENT: S0007192
A firewatchers / mine watchers post overlooking the North Shields Ferry landing.
OBSERVATION POST: e28048
This pillbox has now been opened up after the adjoining garden was extended over the roof. The area […]
PILLBOX: S0013259
Several Anti- invasion defences were constructed around Seaton Delaval Hall, during WW2, such was the fear of invasion […]
LOOPHOLED WALL: e11410
Built of concrete filled sandbags, these pillboxes are known as “Beehives”
Alnwick Beehive pillboxes S0007339 and S0007340
Shortly after these pictures were taken in September 2010, the extremely bad winter of 2010 caused a build […]
DEFENDED BUILDING: e11394, Alnwick.
Loopholed wall protecting Northern approach to Alnwick. Pictures taken in 2006.
Loopholed Wall, Canongate, Alnwick
A shellproof pillbox located on railway land – so don’t be tempted to trespass there. These pictures from […]
Rectangular Pillbox: e10301 – Dunston Square.
Part of Inganess Stop Line. No close ups of this one as on a guided walk.
PILLBOX (TYPE CP/6/40/111): S0015483
Pillbox, roofless. It has been incorporated into the fence line and has three strands of fencing wire which […]
PILLBOX (TYPE CP/6/40/111): S0015265, Lywara, Hoy.
Very fine example of a pillbox disguised as a small stone cottage with brick chimney stack and “collapsed” […]
PILLBOX (VARIANT): S0007011, Hemscott Hill, Druridge Bay.
Rectangular pillbox, disguised with stone facing to front and sides and concrete sandbags to rear.
PILLBOX: S0002877, Warkworth.
The pictures below were taken shortly after the “Beast from the East” and show how much sand was […]
PILLBOX: e11558, Embleton.
There are four searchlights installed here and a Twin 6pdr with no overhead cover or director tower. Pictures […]
Walls Battery, South Walls, Hoy. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015232
4 x 12pdr QF guns were emplaced here. The battery remains fairly complete. The magazines are still extant […]
Clestrain Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015234 WWI
A type 22 pillbox with a sunken entrance located at Lyness on Hoy, Orkney.
Pillbox (Type FW3/22): S0015271 – Next to Naval Cemetery, Hoy, ...
A type 22 pillbox with a (blocked) sunken entrance located at Lyness on Hoy, Orkney. There is evidence […]
Pillbox (Type FW3/22): e34931
This massive WWI building provided a welcome rest and recreation centre for the many troops stationed on Flotta […]
WWI YMCA Building, Golta Peninsula, Flotta.
Type 22 pillbox. Location identified from the book “If Hitler Comes” Interesting construction with block built corners and […]
PILLBOX: e29753
This shelter is situated on the site of the former HMS Tern. Although similar in construction to the […]
Shelter: e11165 HMS Tern
This pillbox is undoubtedly not in it’s original position and appears to have been converted for use as […]
Pillbox (Type CP/6/40/111): e10116 – Hatston.
These views of the Loopholed wall at Alnwick Cemetery are from 2005 and predate the building of the […]
Loopholed Wall: S0007201. Alnwick Cemetery.
Naval Bombing Decoy (N Series): e18999 – locally known as The Brickie Hut.
Naval Bombing Decoy (N Series): e18999
Wee Fea Naval Communications And Operational Centre.
Wee Fea Naval Communications And Operational Centre
Deerness Chain Home Station 50, transmitter/receiver block at HY 5690 0736. Various radar types used inlcuding type 13 […]
Chain Home Low Station: e25265
Located on the Golta peninsular on the Island of Flotta, This WWI battery initially housed 3 3pdr’s. This […]
Roan Head Battery (WWI)
Listed as “Probable type 28A pillbox visible on 1946 AP’s facing the bridge. May still exist on the […]
Pillbox(Type FW3/28A): e31897 East Mascalls Farm, Sussex
Hadston Lozenge 55 1748.12″N 1 3547.20″W Good Condition.
Pillbox (Lozenge): e11662
This variant pillbox is circular with three large loopholes. It has a sunken entrance with two staple steps […]
Pillbox (Variant): S0007992
Fairly well preserved HAA Battery located on Bressay, Shetland.
HAA Battery: e00108
Situated SE of Lerwick, immediately W of Peerie Geo, at the end of the Knab Road, The Knab. Coastal […]
Coast Artillery Battery: S0015385
Coastal Battery, consisting of two searchlight emplacements and one engine house, the latter of which is presently used […]
Coast Artillery Battery: S0015380
Coastal Battery. The surviving remains of this battery consist of two gun emplacements, magazine, engine room, battery observation […]
Coast Artillery Battery: S0015352 – Munger Skerries, Ness of Sound.
A Chain Home radar station situated on The Skaw, Unst. The installations and buildings cover a large area […]
Chain Home RADAR Station: e24913
This Chain Home Low Radar Station is situated within the boundary of the lighthouse buildings. The transmitter(Tx) and […]
Chain Home Low Station: e25260
N of the A970 public road by Goat Camp site, N side of airfield.
Allan Williams Turret: S0015359
Download the .zip file and extract it to get a google Earth KMZ file of the itinerary for […]
PSG Ouston Trip 2018
Once again developers threaten our history, this time it’s a lowly collection of huts that used to be […]
POW Camp 116 faces D day planning decision.
Recent Vegetation clearance has revealed more of the AT Cubes at the Low Gates level crossing in Northallerton. […]
AT Cubes, Low Gates Level Crossing, Northallerton, ANTI TANK BLOCK: ...
A secret Telephone Exchange and ARP / firewatchers post. What appears to be a Firewatchers / passive defence […]
Somewhere in the South of England…
Some aerial footage of Bawdsey Battery over the last couple of years. Recently, Matt Porter has started documenting […]
Bawdsey Battery and Pillboxes
Located on the airfield at Aston Down. Pentagonal pillbox with attached LAA position and also circular brick position. […]
Pentagonal Pillbox with attached LAA position.
Visible as slight depressions / darker patches in the road surface these are vertical rail sockets for a […]
Anti Tank Vertical Rail: e47613 – Bamburgh
This observation building served as the main control centre for the Lyness Naval Base Air Raid Precaution System. There […]
