Wiltshire and Swindon Historic Environment Record
Details for record number MWI31542
Type
Building
Title / Name
Pillbox on Boscombe Down Airfield
Summary
A Type 22 pillbox was sited in the trees that formed Porton Firs at Boscombe Down Airfield.
Monument Types and Dates
PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22), Second World War (1939 to 1945)
Other Details
Source Detail: Council for British Archaeology, 1995-2001
Title: Defence of Britain Database - https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/dob/index.cfm
Summary: The Defence of Britain Project databases were created from field and documentary work carried out between April 1995 and December 2001. Source ID: SWI26098
Description: A Second World War Type 22 pillbox was sited in the trees that formed Porton Firs at Boscombe Down Airfield. This was one of fourteen pillboxes built to defend the airfield, of which ten survive. It has been demolised, but the base is still there. It differed from the normal Type 22 pillbox in that it was not provided with an anti-ricochet wall.
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