Monument record 4065 - Pillbox at Buerton Village

This is a destroyed polygonal pillbox at Buerton, in the field opposite to Burtons’ windmill. Pillboxes were heavily constructed buildings with thick concrete walls and roofs. They were built as defensive structures and usually had one embrasure for every side except the one with the entrance. The embrasures are small rectangular openings in walls that allowed soldiers defended in the pillbox to shoot out at, or observe the enemy. It probably housed soldiers with light weaponry such as rifles. It is part of the Western Command Stop Line No 6, which is a line across the country controlled by Western Command in Chester. In the event of an invasion a Stop Line would hold up enemy forces, and allow the armed forces to move around behind the line, and concentrate forces on the enemy. It was built during World War Two, a time when most other pillboxes around Britain were constructed. It was destroyed before 1970.