Information for record number MWA13125:
Pillbox near Moreton in the Marsh

Summary A small pillbox stands in Wolford Wood.
What Is It?  
Type: Pillbox
Period: Modern (1914 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Great Wolford
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 33
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
Source Number  

1 The landowner, Paddy Johnston, reported that there is a small (room for only a couple of people) pillbox in Wolford Wood. Currently there are small saplings growing through it.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Telephone conversation with Mr Paddy Johnston regarding Wolford Wood
Author/originator: Johnston P
Date: 2012
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument PILLBOX * An often squat building with thick, loopholed walls and a flat roof, designed to accommodate a variety of weapons, usually strategically positioned to cover a vulnerable point in a defensive system. Many were built to standardized designs. back

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