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)

Related Terms/Concepts (6)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (33)

Instances/Examples (133)

Context Record
Monument Type MCC5470 Colchester Garrison Project, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC8864 Cudmore Grove - see individual associated records (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5321 Pillbox (destroyed), Allotments, Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5140 Pillbox (destroyed), E of Railway Embankment, N of Spring Gardens Road, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5141 Pillbox (destroyed), E of Railway Embankment, SW of Thornfield Wood, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5146 Pillbox (destroyed), Janke's Green Railway Bridge, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5135 Pillbox (destroyed), Meadow W of Chappel and Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5139 Pillbox (destroyed), Oldhouse Farm, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5137 Pillbox (destroyed), S of Spring Gardens Road, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5143 Pillbox (destroyed), W of Railway Embankment, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5144 Pillbox (destroyed), W of Railway Embankment, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5147 Pillbox (destroyed), W side of Railway Embankment, N of Janke's Green Railway Bridge, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5484 WWI / WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Forge Garage, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5124 WWII Pillbox (destroyed) , river bank W of Ford Street, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7255 WWII Pillbox (destroyed) at Hall Farm, East Mersea (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7265 WWII Pillbox (destroyed) NE of Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7251 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), corner of Willoughby Avenue, West Mersea (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5325 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), "The Leather Bottle", Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5084 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), 3 Middleborough, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5335 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), between Berechurch Road and Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5077 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Castle Park boundary, S of River Colne, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5078 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Castle Park Grounds, S of River Colne, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5089 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Colchester North Station, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5091 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Colne Bank Avenue, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5094 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Cymbeline Meadows, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5103 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Cymbeline Meadows, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7252 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), E of coastal artillery site, West Mersea (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5059 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), East Bay Mill, East Street, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5367 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), East of Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5060 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Eastbay House, East Bridge, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5320 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), field OS No. 1312, N of Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5327 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), fields between Shrub End Road and Layer Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5075 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Gordon Works, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5056 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Hawkins Road, The Hythe, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5101 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Hilly Fields, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5049 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Hythe Marshes, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5050 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Hythe Marshes, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5066 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Ipswich Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5083 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Junction of North Hill/Northgate Street, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5055 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), King Edward Quay, The Hythe, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5011 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Layer Road, N of Berechurch Hall Road junction, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5106 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Malting's Farm, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5081 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Middle Mill Bridge, River Colne, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5058 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Moors Dump, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5093 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), N side of Cymbeline Way, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5064 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), NE of recreation ground, East Street, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5125 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), NE of Wick Farm, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5054 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), near Malthouse, The Hythe, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5053 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Nr Malthouse Arms, The Hythe, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5126 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), NW of Wick Farm, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5332 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), overlooking anti-tank ditch between Layer Road and Berechurch Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5330 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), overlooking anti-tank ditch, Layer Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5299 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Park Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5088 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Railway Bridge, North Station, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5107 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), River Colne North of Malting's Farm, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5062 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Rose and Crown Hotel, East Street, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4073 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Rutland House, No. 121 Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4075 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Rutland House, No. 121 Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5319 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), S end of Bluebottle Grove, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5102 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), S of Cymbeline Way, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5109 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Seven Arches Farm, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5051 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Sewage Works, Hythe Marshes, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5095 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Sheepen Bridge, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5324 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5072 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), side of River Colne, NE Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5073 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), side of River Colne, NE Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5074 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), side of River Colne, NE Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5065 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), St Andrew's Avenue, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5068 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), SW side of the River Colne, NE Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5043 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), The Strood, Peldon (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5047 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), W bank of River Colne, Fingringhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5012 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), W side of Layer Rd, N of Berechurch Hall Road jnctn, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5356 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), West of Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5365 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), West of Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7254 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Youth Camp, Mersea Island (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5318 WWII Pillbox (destroyed, N end of Bluebottle Grove, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7257 WWII Pillbox at Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7258 WWII Pillbox at Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7266 WWII Pillbox at extreme end of Mersea Island, East Mersea (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5079 WWII Pillbox Base, junction of Northgate Street and Maidenburgh Street, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7250 WWII Pillbox Base, on beach at West Mersea (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7253 WWII Pillbox on sea wall by Waldegraves Farm, West Mersea (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7273 WWII Pillbox on sea wall N of Pyefleet Channel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC7274 WWII Pillbox on sea wall N of Pyefleet Channel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4775 WWII Pillbox, Argents Lane, Eight Ash Green (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4794 WWII Pillbox, Bacon's Farm, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4795 WWII Pillbox, Bacon's Farm, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4796 WWII Pillbox, Bacon's Farm, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4757 WWII Pillbox, Cowdray Avenue, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4808 WWII Pillbox, east of Mount Bures Hall, Mount Bures (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4802 WWII Pillbox, east side of Railway Embankment, Chappel and Wakes Colne Station, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4801 WWII Pillbox, east side of Railway Embankment, north of Chappel Viaduct, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4785 WWII Pillbox, field junction south of Fordham Bridge, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4778 WWII Pillbox, Great Porters Farm, Fordham Heath, Eight Ash Green (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4779 WWII Pillbox, Great Porters Farm, Fordham Heath, Eight Ash Green (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4780 WWII Pillbox, Great Porters Farm, Fordham Heath, Eight Ash Green (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4781 WWII Pillbox, Great Porters Farm, Fordham Heath, Eight Ash Green (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4782 WWII Pillbox, Great Porters Farm, Fordham Heath, Eight Ash Green (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4783 WWII Pillbox, Great Porters Farm, Fordham Heath, Eight Ash Green (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5361 WWII Pillbox, Middlewick Ranges, West of Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4789 WWII Pillbox, Mill Race Nursery, Ford Street, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4970 WWII Pillbox, N of Roman Way Camp, Berechurch, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4776 WWII Pillbox, north of Argents Lane, Eight Ash Green (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4800 WWII Pillbox, north of Colchester Road, Chappel Viaduct, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4766 WWII Pillbox, north of Cymbeline Way, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4767 WWII Pillbox, north of Cymbeline Way, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4968 WWII Pillbox, overlooking anti-tank ditch, W of Berechurch Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4792 WWII Pillbox, River bank west of Ford Street, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4769 WWII Pillbox, River Colne, north of the A12, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4747 WWII Pillbox, sea wall, Langenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4748 WWII Pillbox, sea wall, Langenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4749 WWII Pillbox, sea wall, Langenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4750 WWII Pillbox, sea wall, Langenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4751 WWII Pillbox, sea wall, Langenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4752 WWII Pillbox, sea wall, Langenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4753 WWII Pillbox, sea wall, Langenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4770 WWII Pillbox, Seven Arches Farm, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4786 WWII Pillbox, south bank of River Colne, Ford Street, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4790 WWII Pillbox, south bank of the River Colne, Ford Street, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4805 WWII Pillbox, south of Nortons Railway Bridge, Mount Bures (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4768 WWII Pillbox, south of the River Colne, Baker's Lane, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4797 WWII Pillbox, South of the River Colne, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4771 WWII Pillbox, under viaduct, Seven Arches Farm, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4754 WWII Pillbox, west bank of the River Colne, Fingringhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4772 WWII Pillbox, west bank of the River Colne, Seven Arches Farm, Lexden, West Bergholt (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4788 WWII Pillbox, west of Ford Street Hill, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4791 WWII Pillbox, west of Ford Street, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4773 WWII Pillbox, west of New Bridge, West Bergholt (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4774 WWII Pillbox, west of Newbridge, West Bergholt (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4803 WWII Pillbox, west side of Railway, N of Janke's Green Railway Bridge, Mount Bures (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4804 WWII Pillbox, west side of Railway, N of Janke's Green Railway Bridge, Mount Bures (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4807 WWII Pillbox, west side of Railway, N of Nortons Railway Bridge, Mount Bures (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5092 WWII Pillbox/Gun Emplacement (destroyed), Colne Bank Avenue, Colchester (Monument)