Pillbox at Tollerton Airfield
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The photograph on this page of Pillbox at Tollerton Airfield by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Pillbox at Tollerton Airfield
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 17 Jan 2022
One of the 18 Grade II Listed pillboxes built c.1940 as perimeter defence of the airfield. The information board explains that it was unusual for an inland airfield to have a defensive perimeter on this scale, but Tollerton had a role as Field Repair Unit and therefore had large numbers of aircraft on site. This pillbox is a standard type FW3/22, listed on the Defence of Britain database as S0000652 where it is incorrectly identified as type FW3/24. It was repaired in 2017 by Spire Healthcare as part of the development of their new hospital https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7074635
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Image Location
Latitude
52.918806
Longitude
-1.086628