Thesaurus Term/Concept: PILLBOX

Identifier	68900
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	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.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

BLOCKHOUSE

Related Terms/Concepts (6)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (33)

Instances/Examples (38)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MCH18077 Chester's Second World War Ground Defences (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH16524 Pill Box, Moss Lane, Plumley (Building)
Monument Type	MCH9733 Pillbox at Bosley Reservoir (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9730 Pillbox at Buerton Village (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9717 Pillbox at Chester Zoo (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9722 Pillbox at Hargrave, Shropshire Union Canal (Building)
Monument Type	MCH9724 Pillbox at Hargrave, Shropshire Union Canal (Building)
Monument Type	MCH9721 Pillbox at Heronbridge (Building)
Monument Type	MCH9710 Pillbox at Ladder Stile (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9729 Pillbox at Littleton (Building)
Monument Type	MCH9715 Pillbox at Macclesfield Canal (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9734 Pillbox at North Rode (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9732 Pillbox at Poynton (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9737 Pillbox at School Lane (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9735 Pillbox at Whitemoor, Macclesfield Canal (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH24285 Pillbox at Willaston/Hooton Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF10) (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9725 Pillbox at Willaston/Hooton Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF10) (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9739 Pillbox at Willaston/Hooton Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF10) (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9714 Pillbox in Hope Green (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9711 Pillbox in Sutton Lane Ends (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH18057 Pillbox near Rose Farmhouse (Building)
Monument Type	MCH9736 RAF Calveley Airfield - Pillbox (Building)
Monument Type	MCH9843 RAF Calveley Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9485 RAF Cranage Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9490 RAF Cranage Airfield Defences - eastern pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9487 RAF Cranage Airfield Defences - Northern pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9488 RAF Cranage Airfield Defences - western pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9489 RAF Cranage Airfield Defences.- southern pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9708 RAF Woodford Defences Pillbox at Bonis Hall Lane (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9709 RAF Woodford Defences Pillbox at Mill Lane (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9713 RAF Woodford Defences Pillbox at Street Lane (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9712 RAF Woodford Defences Pillbox near Red Brook Farm (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH24286 Remains of Pillbox at Willaston/Hooton Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF10) (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9839 Royal Ordnance Factory at Willaston/Hooton (ROF10) (Building)
Monument Type	MCH9738 Site of a Pillbox at Willaston/Hooton Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF10) (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH24341 Site of former Military Installation at RAF/USAAF Burtonwood Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH24287 Site of Pillbox at Willaston/Hooton Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF10) (Monument)
Monument Type	MCH9757 Slit trenches and pillbox at North Rode (Monument)