What is recorded here
Freestanding single-bay single-storey flat-roofed "pill box", built 1943, on a half-octagonal plan. Now disused. Flat reinforced concrete roof. Rendered reinforced concrete walls. Square-headed "monitor" opening (south) with concrete sill. Set in shared grounds.
A ""pill box"" illustrating the partial refortification of Duncannon Fort at the height of ""The Emergency"" (1939-46).
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Places near here
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Common WhitebeamCommon Whitebeam · 1.5 mi
Carricjmore CliffCliff · 1.6 mi
Arthurstown BeachBeach / strand · 1.7 mi
Newtown HeadHeadland · 1.7 mi
Ivory MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
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