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 MXS19828 A World War II pillbox (Building)
Monument Type MSF25986 Extant hexagonal pillbox at RAF Wattisham. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25976 Hexagonal pilbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25973 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25974 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25979 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25982 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25983 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25984 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25985 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25987 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25992 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26010 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26012 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26019 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26024 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26014 Hexagonal pillbox, probably type 22 (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25971 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26115 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26120 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26127 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26135 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26149 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26204 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26217 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26220 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26229 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26232 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26233 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26234 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26235 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26244 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26399 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26213 Pillbox at Tuddenham Fen (Monument)
Monument Type MSF16698 Pillbox on southern bank of River Lark next to Judes Ferry Bridge, Standard hexagonal type 22. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26245 Pillbox south-west end of railway bridge on London Road, Ipswich (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26224 Pillbox, Barnham Camp (Monument)
Monument Type MSF43720 Pillbox, N of Railway Station, Bury St Edmunds (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27642 Pillbox, weapons pits and other possible World War Two structures (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26362 RAF Martlesham Heath (WW2) (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26096 Second World War pillbox type 22. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26236 Second World War Pillbox, Barnham Camp (Monument)
Monument Type MSF46578 Second World War Type 22 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26207 Site of a demolished World War II pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26211 Site of a demolished World War II pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26225 Site of Second World War searchlight battery and pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27298 Site of World War Two ground defences (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27636 Site of World War Two pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26143 Small type 22 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26219 Small type 22 pillbox. Unprotected entrance with rifle embrasure to the left. Concrete shelf under each embrasure. Brick-lined interior. Brick Y-shap… (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26214 Small World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26208 Type 22 concrete pillbox. Concrete block interior anti-ricochet wall. Entrance faces S. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF45759 Type 22 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF45761 Type 22 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26144 Type 22 pillbox, hidden by foliage in the summer almost up to the roof. Unprotected doorway on the W side. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26364 Type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF20934 World War II hexagonal concrete pillbox with a single firing slot on each side. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25975 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25977 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25978 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25980 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25981 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25988 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26013 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26015 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26017 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22488 World War II pillbox, visible as a structure built into a field boundary. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25991 World War II pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19087 World War II pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22757 World War II pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19312 World War II Pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19226 World War II strongpoint , now fallen into the sea (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19055 World War II strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19113 World War II strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26218 World War II type 22 pillbox of standard construction. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26221 World War II type 22 pillbox of standard construction. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26222 World War II type 22 pillbox of standard construction. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26126 World War II type 22 pillbox of standard design but with no exterior blast wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26239 World War II type 22 pillbox with blast wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26238 World War II type 22 pillbox with brick anti-ricochet wall. (Building)
Monument Type MSF26139 World War II type 22 pillbox with internal brick shuttering and an anti-ricochet wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26140 World War II type 22 pillbox with internal brick shuttering and brick anti-ricochet wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26223 World War II type 22 pillbox with thick walls. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26084 World War II type 22 pillbox, eroded into the sea (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26093 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26116 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26117 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26203 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26226 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26240 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25964 World War Two type 22 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26018 WW2 hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26100 WWII pillbox type 22, approached by a stepped trench. (Monument)