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Pill box in Oldbridge

Pill box
Pill box in Oldbridge
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Reinforced concrete pillbox, built c.1940. Located in a defensive position overlooking the River Boyne. Built on a trapezoidal plan (c.3 m in width and 1.8 m high) with two horizontal gun emplacements, one to the north and one to the south. Entrance to the east.

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Reinforced concrete pillbox, built c.1940. Located in a defensive position overlooking the River Boyne. Built on a trapezoidal plan (c.3 m in width and 1.8 m high) with two horizontal gun emplacements, one to the north and one to the south. Entrance to the east.
This pillbox at Oldbridge represents one of a group of approximately 20 pillboxes. They defended the southern banks of the River Boyne in the area to the east of the important strategic bridge at Slane. Oldbridge pillbox is an important historical artefact from the 'Emergency' and represents a domestic attempt to prepare against possible invasion. The walls of this pillbox are c. 0.8 metres thick and would have not offered much protection from enemy fire.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14402014

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  • jai, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • unknown, 19th Century, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Martin Richard Phelan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • William Ellison, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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