Thesaurus Term/Concept: PILLBOX

Identifier 68900
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note An often squat building with thick, loopholed walls and a flat roof, designed to accommodate a variety of weapons, usually strategically positioned to cover a vulnerable point in a defensive system. Many were built to standardized designs.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (6)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (33)

Instances/Examples (21)

Context Record
Monument Type MNN143192 Cold War Pillbox, Relocated (Building)
Monument Type MNN36803 Defensive look-out post/pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MNN161583 E-Type Fighter Pen (Building)
Monument Type MNN161586 E-type fighter pen, Kings Cliffe Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MNN161579 FC 'Mushroom' Pillbox (Building)
Monument Type MNN104040 Pillbox at Kingscliffe Airfield (Building)
Monument Type MNN104041 Pillbox at Kingscliffe Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MNN36946 Pillbox, Brigstock Camp (Monument)
Monument Type MNN37351 Possible Pillbox, south-west of Holy Trinity Church (Monument)
Monument Type MNN103970 Unnamed (Monument)
Monument Type MNN35914 Vicarage Barn (WWII Battle HQ for Sywell Aerodrome) (Building)
Monument Type MNN104137 Woodnewton Pillbox (Building)
Monument Type MNN172815 World War II pillbox, Sywell Airfield (Building)
Monument Type MNN37113 WW2 pillbox, L&H Polymers (Building)
Monument Type MNN33331 WWII Defensive Look-Out Post (Monument)
Monument Type MNN132071 WWII Picket Post, Spanhoe Airfield (Building)
Monument Type MNN29548 WWII Pillbox (Building)
Monument Type MNN30440 WWII Pillbox, Allwood Farm (Building)
Monument Type MNN103975 WWII pillbox, Forceleap Copse (Monument)
Monument Type MNN104404 WWII Pillbox, Polebrook Airfield (Building)
Monument Type MNN31264 WWII Pillbox, Royal Ordnance Depot (Building)