Monument record 2945/0/2 - RAF Cranage Airfield Defences - Northern pillbox

Northern pillbox at RAF Cranage. Part of defences of former World War II airfield RAF Cranage. One part of Scheduled Monument 34989 , which is divided into six areas.

The three upstanding Pillboxes are of local design being hexagonal in shape and of brick and concrete construction. They have an internal ricochet wall and stepped gun loopholes in each face giving a 360 degree range of fire. The northern pillbox stands approximately 1.5metres high with traces of an entrance porch or blast wall on the north east side. It has walls approximately 5 metres long and measures about 9.2 metres in diameter (1).

<1> English Heritage, Various, Old/Original Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Description), 34989 (Scheduling Record). SCH4606.

<1> English Heritage, Various, Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Amendment), 34989 (Scheduling Record). SCH2950.

<2> CBA, 2002, Defence of Britain Project, S0000216 (Digital Archive). SCH4380.