Type 22 Pillbox - Welby, Leicestershire - World War II Sites on Waymarking.com

Anti aircraft searchlight battery & pillbox, near Welby, Leicestershire.
Second World War Type 22 hexagonal pillbox with brick outer skin. Next to minor road between Ab Kettelby and Ashfordby, Melton Mowbray.

"Located to the west of Welby Lane, Welby this Type 22 shuttered in brick externally and wood internally has pre-cast concrete externally stepped embrasures at 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 with ‘D’ shaped concrete shelf below. The half height entrance at 1 is flanked to either side by pistol loops. Brick built cruciform AR wall/pillar with rounded corners in centre. Rounded corners to entrance internal and external. Corrugated asbestos to underside of slab roof. Overall condition fair.
DoB Ref: S0000510"

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