BARROW WWII DEFENCES.

PHOTOGRAPH: Darren Riley

A type 23 pill-box in dominant position up this railway embankment.  Further images of this pill-box below.

ABOVE: A type 23 pill-box in dominant position up this railway embankment. Further images of this pill-box within the linked images.

PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW: Dave Parkin, Heysham.

Another bumper set of photographs from our man in the south, Dave Parkin. Barrow Dock was surrounded - amongst other fortifications - by pill-boxes, defence against a potential western invasion via Ireland, a likely possibility alongside the more readily considered strategy of the jack-boot marching up the Furness peninsula from a landing across country on the east coast.

Pillbox with observation tower on top. Pillbox with observation tower on top. Type 23 anti-aircraft pillbox type 24 pillbox.
type 24 pillbox. type 23 pillbox on railway embankment. type 23 pillbox on railway embankment. type 24 pillbox.
type 24 pillbox. type 24 pillbox. type 24 pillbox. Pillbox of unknown type, underground!

 

PLEASE NOTE: The three pill-boxes below are NOT accessible to the public! I would like to extend my gratitude to Mr Chris Clouter of A.B.P for granting David permission to photograph them.

Remains of pillbox within dock area. Type 24 pillbox within dock area. Type 24 pillbox within dock area.

 

Is this innocuous-looking lump of concrete and rusty iron the remains of a light anti-aircraft gun?

PHOTOGRAPH: Darren Riley

Is this the remains of a light anti-aircraft gun?.



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