visited these on sunday with jonney after research on sat night the pillboxes are in the houghton and seaham area of county durham we believe they are part of a stop line protecting the east durham coastal area as they are aproximately 4-5 miles inland running in a line that seems to follow the A19.ok on with the pics.
this one was well hidden couldnt even see it on google earth!!
it turned out to be a prefabricated type.
a closer shot of one of the embrasures
the same embrasure from the inside.
pesky sunlight.
opposite side embrasure
crumbling pre-cast concrete
back out into the glorious sunshine
then we moved further north a few miles to the next one.The pillbox at houghton is in between these two.they are about 1.5 miles apart possibly 2. but whos splittin hairs.
the long road ahead!!
it looked in good condition as we approached
lozenge type typical to the N.E .
concrete shelves were still intact as well as the blast wall.
evidence of chav type visitors
the tricky half back filled way in!!
i think thats a bashed up old fuel tank or summit like that in the foreground.
to finish with a photo of some old gates on a pumping station where jonney parked the car.perhaps we will go back ther for an explore looks like an interesting place.thanks to jonney who did the driving.thanks for looking.
this one was well hidden couldnt even see it on google earth!!
it turned out to be a prefabricated type.
a closer shot of one of the embrasures
the same embrasure from the inside.
pesky sunlight.
opposite side embrasure
crumbling pre-cast concrete
back out into the glorious sunshine
then we moved further north a few miles to the next one.The pillbox at houghton is in between these two.they are about 1.5 miles apart possibly 2. but whos splittin hairs.
the long road ahead!!
it looked in good condition as we approached
lozenge type typical to the N.E .
concrete shelves were still intact as well as the blast wall.
evidence of chav type visitors
the tricky half back filled way in!!
i think thats a bashed up old fuel tank or summit like that in the foreground.
to finish with a photo of some old gates on a pumping station where jonney parked the car.perhaps we will go back ther for an explore looks like an interesting place.thanks to jonney who did the driving.thanks for looking.