Pillbox, Napton Holt, Napton on the Hill

A Second World War pillbox on the Oxford Canal, east of Napton Holt | Warwickshire County Council
A Second World War pillbox on the Oxford Canal, east of Napton Holt
Warwickshire County Council
Description of this historic site

A Second World War pillbox, a concrete building that housed guns which were used to defend a vulnerable point along a road, railway or canal. The pillbox is situated to the east of Napton Holt.

Notes about this historic site

1 A prefabricated (concrete panel shuttered) pillbox that might have been part of the Oxford/ Birmingham stop line.
2 Note, including sketches and photographs (3 pages).
3 A substantial reference guide.
4 ‘The prefabricated type has precast inner and outer panels slotted into vertical concrete posts. Concrete was poured into the void between inner and outer panels.

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