Pill Box and Fields

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Pill Box and Fields by Ashley Dace as part of the Geograph project.

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Pill Box and Fields

Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 14 Apr 2010

A large World War Two pillbox is visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946. The pillbox is a unique adaptation of a rectangular type 20V design. It dates to about 1940 and was part of a network of anti-invasion defences of the time. The roof is now gone.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.927337
Longitude
1.152131