Stenson Pillbox, Derby Jan 08
Personally i love pillboxes, i can't even begin to imagine how terrified and exposed you would feel trying to fend off a unit of german infantry just sitting in your concrete bullet magnet knowing that there was no retreat. After driving past this one for years i finally slogged across the waterlogged field to this lonely post, which according to the Archaeology Data Service is a Type FW3/24.
Quoted from http://www.pillboxesuk.co.uk/
"With the passage of time it is estimated that less than 6,000 of a total of 28,000 pillboxes built still survive. They remain as permanent monuments and a silent tribute to the courage and tenacity of the British people during the dark days of 1940 when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany."
Personally i love pillboxes, i can't even begin to imagine how terrified and exposed you would feel trying to fend off a unit of german infantry just sitting in your concrete bullet magnet knowing that there was no retreat. After driving past this one for years i finally slogged across the waterlogged field to this lonely post, which according to the Archaeology Data Service is a Type FW3/24.
Quoted from http://www.pillboxesuk.co.uk/
"With the passage of time it is estimated that less than 6,000 of a total of 28,000 pillboxes built still survive. They remain as permanent monuments and a silent tribute to the courage and tenacity of the British people during the dark days of 1940 when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany."
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Sal
Love the T24 because it's such a quirky shape, but I've never seen one with those kind of embrasures before! Excellent find! 
