{"id":5301,"date":"2015-03-08T16:41:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T16:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T12:56:04","slug":"wartime-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wartime-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"Wartime Concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although not a pillbox here is a wartime structure that I found in Berkshire in an area known to have been used by the 501st and 101st Airborne during the build up to D-Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Mystery<\/a>
Mystery Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is about 15ft by 8ft divided into three segments. Two small rooms and a central entrance with 9 inch thick in-situ concrete wing walls to the left and right allowing access round the ends into the small rooms. There is a brick `thing` about the size of a toilet inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The little squares to the front face (and to the rear as well) are tapered slots\/windows with a tapered piece of concrete plugging them up. The plugs appear to be original and not put in later to fill up the hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Mystery<\/a>
Mystery Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The internal height is about 6ft max. Around the top of the walls internally is a timber board let into the concrete which may or may not have served a purpose (securing something to the walls?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The roof is again in-situ concrete with a rebate to the junction between wall and roof. the position of the door frame was also let into the concrete which all seems too complicated unless it served a specific purpose. There is no evidence of any blast walls in front of the access door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears to be an ammunition store with what could be a fuse store in brick to one side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any Thoughts????<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Philip William Bellew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although not a pillbox here is a wartime structure that I found in Berkshire in an area known to have been used by the 501st and 101st Airborne during the build up to D-Day. It is about 15ft by 8ft divided into three segments. Two small rooms and a central entrance with 9 inch thick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-5301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berkshire","tag-concrete","czr-hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t