Pillboxes in Oxfordshire

Category:Pillboxes in Oxfordshire - Wikimedia Commons

I see a lot of these about ;-)

 

Technically speaking many of those are block houses not pill boxes

 

'Technically speaking' you are talking out of your rectum! .

Most of these are pillboxes on the Red Line in Oxfordshire and having visited most of them, been involved in the Pillbox Study Group for many years and researched them extensively at Kew they are generally referred to as pillboxes and not blockhouses. Furthermore most are built to standard designs from rhe FW Dept.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/langua...ill-box-pillbox-pill-box-whats-in-a-name/amp/

 

Why the name Pillbox? | The Pillbox Study Group Website.

A lot are posted here please add as many as you can
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My photos of the Red Line along the Thames on Flickr: GHQ Red Line on the Thames

 

I'm quite surprised that people haven't moved in en-mass. Are there any actual live-in "conversions" anyone is aware of ?

Quite a number of the houses on cross-roads etc. look to have been modified too as potential places for defence / over-watch of approaches etc.

 

Converted pillbox (C) Philip Halling

 

Three excellent resources to explore:

Defence of Britain Archive

Archaeology Data Service

Heritage Gateway