Monument record 4084/1/1 - Pillbox at Willaston/Hooton Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF10)

<1> CBA, 2002, Defence of Britain Project, S0007258 (Digital Archive). SCH4380.

Clay brick and concrete sentry pillboxes at Royal Ordnance Factory Willaston/Hooton

<2> County Historic Environment Record, Site Visit/Watching Brief Observation Report Form, 02.07.04 (Unpublished Document). SCH4357.

Shown to be a structure located on landline maps. Much larger than the other two pillboxes [CSMR 4084/1/2 and 4084/1/3] due to an attached room; presumably a guard room. Part of the Pillbox has a higher roof than the rest of the pillbox. There is a ladder to the roof which was presumably used to monitor the railway. Built of brick with a concrete roof and three embrasures made of a single piece of concrete, the guard room also has the remains of an iron framed window

<3> AMEC, 2013, NTH Roften Works, Historic Building Record (Client Report). SCH7260.

Pillbox lies in SW corner of the site, some distance from ROF buildings. Pillbox located to the South corner of a larger building through which it is accessed. Brick under concrete slab roof. Ladder on NE elevation.

<4> 2017, Pillbox Study Group, http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/advanced-pillbox-designs/part-2-o-z/rof-pillbox-variants/ (Web Site). SCH8258.

"The ROF type is a bespoke design only found at Royal Ordnance depots and factories. It is a small square pillbox with distinctive long narrow embrasures in each wall. The door is low and usually covered by a porch with a slightly angled roof. The long narrow embrasure serves well as an observation slit but not as well as a firing port, this suggests the main function of this type was as an observation and guard post with a secondary role of defensive position in the event of an attack. At some ROF sites the narrow embrasure is replaced by a more standard rifle embrasure and at Norton Fitzwarren AA positions have been added to the roof. The walls are about 8ft long but the size of this type varies slightly across the country"