Building record 1295/1/11 - WWII Pillbox, Polebrook Airfield

A World War Two pillbox at Polebrook Airfield. The hexagonal reinforced concrete pillbox is a non standard variant. It is situated on the south side of the airfield between the former bomb dump area and the runways. It may have been built between 1940-1941.

{1} Identified as pillbox on airfield Record Site Plan.

{2} Hexagonal pillbox with covered entrance. Previously reported by M. Osborne at TL097862.

{3} Hexagonal. Brick and concrete. Good condition. Two loops, one above each other in two elevations.

{5} A World War Two pillbox (variant) at Polebrook Airfield, Polebrook, Northamptonshire, TL 0954 8613, noted on the Defence of Britain Database. The hexagonal reinforced concrete pillbox is situated on the south side of the airfield between the former bomb dump area and the runways. It may have been built between 1940-1941.

<1> Site Plan (For Polebrook Airfield), (unchecked) (Plan). SNN102300.

<2> Osborne M., 1997, List of Northamptonshire Pillboxes, (unchecked) (Document). SNN39599.

<3> Cadman G., 2014, 20th Century Military Archaeology in Northamptonshire: Logs 1, 2 & 3, p.18+88-94 (unchecked) (Report). SNN104868.

<4> Cadman G., 2001, Defence of Britain Log Part 3, (unchecked) (Report). SNN101409.

<5> Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources (Database). SNN112922.

<6> Historic England, Undated, Defence of Britain, DOB01 (Archive). SNN112947.

Record last edited

Nov 2 2022 1:04PM