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eDoB Online Map - PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26): S0000561 (Extant)

Location: Near Hamble Halt railway station (Hamble-le-Rice) , overlooking BP rail line (disused) to Hamble Oil Terminal, close to Hamble Lane.

Condition: Good

Description: 17/05/1997 Square pillbox, brick on 1ft 1ins concrete base, mainly in hedge bank. S side (facing railway line) - width approx. 10ft. Brick on 1ft 1ins concrete base. Embrasure bricked up; width, 5ft 4ins x 1ft depth, 2ft 6ins from top. E side - inaccessible (covered in ivy and bracken). W side - on slope of bank. Bricked up embrasure, 5ft width x 11ins depth. N side - steps down to entrance through locked iron door. Over entrance is embrasure, 5ft width x 9ins depth, 2ft 3. 5ins from top. 1ft gap over bricked up embrasure (for bat entry). All embrasures had a top 3ft concrete lintel x 1. 5ins concrete sill. Used now as bat roost. 1997 This pillbox was converted last year (1996) as an artificial bat roost (with funding from BP Oil UK Ltd. ). Pillboxes are ideal for projects of this kind since the walls are thick, providing excellent insulation and stable internal temperatures. We fitted a substantial locked door, bricked up the gun slots leaving narrow slits, fitted angled battens to the roof, hung files on the walls and built a brick column inside. Prior to work, photographic records were made, and these are held within the County Councils archaeology unit. It is likely to be a number of years before bats take up residence. A Second World War pillbox near Hamble Halt Railway station. It is a brick structure on a concrete base, mainly in hedge bank, but the top appears to be concrete.

EDoB Update: Location adjusted.

EDoB Update: Visible in Google Earth. Location adjusted.

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Source: Defence of Britain Archive

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EDOBID: e06107

Last Edited: 03/07/2019 14:34:09

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