Element record L10563 - Pillbox at Hucknall Aerodrome

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STRUCTURE (Second World War)

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Grid reference SK 52794 46366 (point)
Map sheet SK54NW
District Ashfield
Civil Parish Hucknall, Ashfield

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Hexagonal, brick shuttered pillbox. There is a long low entrance porch, embrasures on four sides and a 6in square hole in the sixth side. The walls are 3ft 6in thick. Internally there is a T-shaped anti-ricochet wall. (1)

[June 2001 - there is a proposal to convert this pillbox into a bat sanctuary].


<1> Sibley D and M, 1996, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1806.

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  • <1> Personal comment: Sibley D and M. 1996. Pers Comm.

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Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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