WW2 Pillboxes UK

sneaker · Apr 27, 2008

Pillboxes. Outer London Defence Ring. 04/2008.

Hi all,
Here are some pillboxes around the Cuffley/Cheshunt area which formed part of the outer London defence ring.

Cuffley camp, type T24, all bricked up.

Cuffley, type T24, entrance blocked with rubbish.

Looking in.

Looking in again.

Cuffley, type T22, this pillbox was modified to fit on the side of a bank and apparently painted to look like a house for camouflage.

Front of "house" pillbox, nice graffiti!

Side view.

Inside pillbox but i had to reach high.

Side view, reaching up high again.

I could'nt get into the field to look at the entrance. :mrgreen:

Urban Mole · Apr 27, 2008

OMG I didnt want to find this, there are loads here on the Island.
I did think about photographing them all, but I wasnt that interested in them, till I realised how many there actually is over here

Ill post some if I take some from now on, promise

Foxylady · Apr 27, 2008

Really like those Sneaker and especially love the way the T22 is snugly fitted into the hedge. A lot my way are badly overgrown but that one looks a bit more cared for.

Urban Mole said:
I did think about photographing them all, but I wasnt that interested in them, till I realised how many there actually is over here

A warning should come with pillboxes: HIGHLY ADDICTIVE! :lol:

I never thought I was much interested in the military until pillboxes piqued my interest but I'm a huge fan of anything WW2 now! :mrgreen:

sneaker · Apr 27, 2008

Foxylady said:
Really like those Sneaker and especially love the way the T22 is snugly fitted into the hedge. A lot my way are badly overgrown but that one looks a bit more cared for.

A warning should come with pillboxes: HIGHLY ADDICTIVE! I never thought I was much interested in the military until pillboxes piqued my interest but I'm a huge fan of anything WW2 now!

Me too.

Kaputnik · Apr 28, 2008

like to add these pics of a well preserved Ruck type 'box at Sandiacre, Notts, just a couple of miles from me.........

Foxylady · Apr 28, 2008

That's an excellent example, Kaputnik. Good stuff!

Kaputnik · Apr 28, 2008

good to see one in such good condition, as all the others i've seen at coastal sites are falling apart, fell apart, nearer the sea than they once were, or hardly recognisable!
never knew this one was so near to where i live until a few weeks ago!

Neosea · Apr 28, 2008

Kaputnik said:
good to see one in such good condition, as all the others i've seen at coastal sites are falling apart, fell apart, nearer the sea than they once were, or hardly recognisable!
never knew this one was so near to where i live until a few weeks ago!

You found it, that's cool. Might just mosey on down and have a look :mrgreen:

Kaputnik · Apr 28, 2008

let me know if you're over this way sometime, and i'll show you where it is, some good ones at tollerton airfield i went to see recently too.

Neosea · Apr 28, 2008

Kaputnik said:
let me know if you're over this way sometime, and i'll show you where it is, some good ones at tollerton airfield i went to see recently too.

That will be great, thank you!

Wile-E · Apr 29, 2008

There's one at Seaton Sluice above the harbour, almost completely buried in sand-dune. One at Druridge bay is halfway down the front of the dune (sliding down it as the dune errodes).

BigLoada · Apr 29, 2008

How about the most remote? I found two whilst hiking in the Northumberland moors, miles from the nearest village, no road to them, on a totally desolate hilltop. Just stumbled across them and used them as a shelter whilst it snowed! Couldn't believe my luck. I'll dig the pictures out later and put them up.

BigLoada · Apr 29, 2008

Wile-E said:
There's one at Seaton Sluice above the harbour, almost completely buried in sand-dune. One at Druridge bay is halfway down the front of the dune (sliding down it as the dune errodes).

The coolest one at drurudge bay is diguised as a cottage. But its tiny, it looks plain daft. I guess from the air it would be convincing though. Wile-E have you seen that one?

Wile-E · Apr 29, 2008

BigLoada said:
The coolest one at drurudge bay is diguised as a cottage. But its tiny, it looks plain daft. I guess from the air it would be convincing though. Wile-E have you seen that one?

That's not the one opposite the farm on the road between Cresswell and Druridge (crest of the only hill there) is it? Looks like a tiny thing a hill farmer would use in the borders to shelter in?

BigLoada · Apr 29, 2008

Wile-E said:
That's not the one opposite the farm on the road between Cresswell and Druridge (crest of the only hill there) is it? Looks like a tiny thing a hill farmer would use in the borders to shelter in?

Thats the one. Get a closer look, its a pill box!

Kaputnik · Apr 29, 2008

heres one at Tollerton airfield, notts, there are a few of these big shellproof elongated octagon types there, with the hanger for a turnbull mount in all the embrasures, a good few that i have os map refs for but couldn't find! maybe next visit

fezzyben · Apr 29, 2008

there a fw3 type 22 in amazing condition opposite the 7 wells pub in etwall/burnaston

Kaputnik · Apr 29, 2008

fezzyben said:
there a fw3 type 22 in amazing condition opposite the 7 wells pub in etwall/burnaston

pillbox spotting near a pub? Ideal! :mrgreen:

Bishop · Apr 29, 2008

Kaputnik wrote.

pillbox spotting near a pub? Ideal!

Hehe. I can do better than that. I know a boozer down in Somerset with a pillbox in the beer garden.

B

Kaputnik · Apr 30, 2008

better still! :lol:

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