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Building record MDR16500 - WWII pillbox, off London Road, Shardlow

Type and Period (1)

  • (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A pillbox was identified in association with the adjacent World War Two prisoner of war camp site [SMR 25235] on aerial photographs. It was still an extant structure in 2001. (1) The pillbox structure still appears to be extant on modern OS mapping [2015]. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Digital data: Archaeological Research Services (ARS) Ltd. 2009/2010. Aerial Photographic Mapping Survey carried out as part of an Aggregates Resource Project.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). Current Mastermap and 1:10000 series.

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Grid reference Centred SK 4403 3050 (4m by 4m)
Civil Parish SHARDLOW AND GREAT WILNE, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Nov 7 2016 4:23PM

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