Sulham GHQ Stop Line Type 28A Pillbox, Calcot Reading

Type 28A Pillbox situated on a field in Sulham.

Part of the GHQ Stop Line also called the 'General Headquarters Line' running all the way from South Reading to Oxfordshire with Pillboxes.

Imagine how boring it would have been standing in these and hanging around in them waiting for an invasion by the Nazis.

Type 28A Pillboxes are evolved versions of the Type 28, they are designed to allow increased firepower by adding a extra section for infantry loopholes to be placed.

The Type 28A Pillbox is a very large rectangle shellproof pillbox designed as a gun house to accommodate a Anti Tank Weaponry. 

The Pillbox i photographed below is one of the 6,500 left in the UK.

Pillboxes were built in 1940 as part of the British anti-invasion preparations of World War Two.

These arent great photos as they were taken on my mobile but seeing as i was nearby and was testing my drone out, the urge to get some shots of this Pillbox just made me go for it even though it was my phone not my Nikon....


Exterior showing the loophole and 
Exterior showing loophole
Exterior showing the large openings which would have accommodated a large Anti Tank Gun.
The interior, not much to see inside and the large opening/loophole now bricked up.
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From a distance imagine how boring it would have been hanging out in there waiting for an German Invasion.

From the other angle across the field.....

Thought id add this one last...seems like the base from a demolished Pillbox just down the lane from the Type 28A.


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