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| CHER Number: | MCB28735 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War II pillbox, Oakington Airfield |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 416 661 |
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| Parish: | Oakington and Westwick, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire |
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Monument Type(s):
- PILLBOX (CANTILEVERED) (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
1. Cantilevered pillbox.
LOCATION: RAF Oakington
2.Group of pillboxes forming part of the perimeter defence to RAF Oakington and extant on the latest 2013 vertical photogaphy.
The pillbox, constructed during the Second World War and remaining in use afterwards, is visible as a structure with surrounding earthwork bank on air photographs, centred at TL 4170 6603. The outer bank extends to the north and includes a bunker or air raid shelter.
The pillbox, constructed during the Second World War and remaining in use afterwards, is visible as a structure with surrounding earthwork bank on air photographs, centred at TL 4164 6611.
A Second World War cantilevered pillbox located at the northern perimeter of Oakington Airfield landing strip. The pillbox is visible as a structure surrounded by an earthwork bank on air photographs.
<1> Defence of Britain Project Archive, 4835; 4834; 4839 (Digital archive). SCB19971.
<2> SW Cambridgeshire project 2014 (NHPP), 2016, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery TL4165 19-JUL-2013 (Geospatial data). SCB63380.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Digital archive: Defence of Britain Project Archive. 4835; 4834; 4839. |
| <2> | Geospatial data: SW Cambridgeshire project 2014 (NHPP). 2016. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery TL4165 19-JUL-2013. |
Related records
| CB15144 | Related to: RAF Oakington (Monument) |
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