Type

Building

Title / Name

Pillbox Near Boscombe Down Airfield

Summary

A Second World War Type 22 pillbox is located south of Earls Close on the northwest side of Boscombe Down Airfield.

PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22), Second World War (1939 to 1945)

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 is located south of Earls Close on the northwest side of Boscombe Down Airfield. This is one of fourteen pillboxes built to defend the airfield, of which ten survive. It differed from the normal Type 22 pillbox in that it was not provided with an anti-ricochet wall.

Source Detail: Pillbox Study Group, 2012-2021

Title: Group Database

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI26445

Additional Information: Digital

Description: Type 22 pillbox marked on OS 1:2500 map and visible in Google earth.