Sad Looking Lincs Pillbox

PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22): S0002062 First up from todays roadtrip DOB states
Description: 12/1997 Basic type 22 pillbox with two embrasures either side of entrance. General construction is with walls of 18in thick brick work. The external faces of the walls are much perished due to frost damage. The brickwork is i debased form of English Bond with three courses of stretchers and a fourth course of headers. Embrasures are stepped outwards and splayed internally. There is a thin concrete lintel above each embrasure. The roof is concrete 12in thick. Internally there is a 18in square support pillar for the roof. 12/03/1997 Type 22 pillbox situated on a sharp bend in the Long Bennington to Westborugh road. The brick work is slowly crumbling away and the shelves under the embrasures are all missing. The pillbox is located on private land but is visible from the road. 01/04/1995 Standard type 22 pillbox, with 2 rear embrasures, built using brick shuttering.

Not sure why it was there but there was a seachlight site not far away


S0002062 (1) by codseeker, on Flickr


S0002062 (2) by codseeker, on Flickr


S0002062 (3) by codseeker, on Flickr


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S0002062 (7) by codseeker, on Flickr


S0002062 (8) by codseeker, on Flickr


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S0002062 (10) by codseeker, on Flickr


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S0002062 (16) by codseeker, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

what a sad looking pillbox indeed mate looks like it should have had a concrete skin over it

I liked the one bit of slate on the side of the roof council cuts camo ?

Looks very weather beaten, mother nature has no mercy on our past.

Looks like it's a thin walled brick only version. I'm always surprised that thin walled versions still have a foot thick concrete roof. Doesn't seem much point when 3 or 4 inches would have given similar protection as the walls.

The poor thing looks decidedly moth eaten

At least its weather damage and not human damage for change thanks mate

Not only looks sad, but slightly surprised too!

Foxylady said:

Not only looks sad, but slightly surprised too!

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slightly surprised