Thesaurus Term/Concept: PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)

Identifier	140518
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A hexagonal pillbox, with an internal anti-ricochet wall and loopholes for fives light machine guns and one rifle. Originally designed to have 15in bulletproof walls many were built with 42in thick shellproof walls. Designed by DFW branch 3.

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Context	Record
Monument Type	MNN104155 East Carlton Searchlight Battery, west of Wire Lane (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN172034 Site of pillbox, Polebrook/Hemington Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN103823 WWII Pillbox (Building)
Monument Type	MNN103829 WWII Pillbox (Building)
Monument Type	MNN103831 WWII Pillbox (Building)
Monument Type	MNN103833 WWII Pillbox (Building)
Monument Type	MNN103835 WWII Pillbox (Building)
Monument Type	MNN36540 WWII pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN36282 WWII pillbox and observation post (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN37393 WWII Pillbox and possible searchlight (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN104083 WWII Pillbox, east of the Cemetery (Building)
Monument Type	MNN30450 WWII Pillbox, Harringworth Road (Building)
Monument Type	MNN103827 WWII Pillbox, Sywell Aerodrome (Building)
Monument Type	MNN103825 WWII Pillbox, Sywell Airfield (Building)
Monument Type	MNN104010 WWII Type 22 Pillbox, Pipewell (Building)