Type

Building

Title / Name

Type 22 Pillbox, North East Perimeter of Boscombe Down Airfield

Summary

Second World War Type 22 pillbox on the northeast perimeter 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 on the northeast perimeter of Boscombe Down Airfield, on the South Railway Embankment, the roof now partly demolished to deter squatters. 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

Source Detail: Burge, T., 2014

Title: Kennet and Avon Canal GHQ Line defences (2011-2014)

Summary: List of pillboxes located and photographed across Wiltshire Source ID: SWI26454