1 Circular concrete holdfort sited in a small area of ridge and furrow between Johnson Avenue and allotments north of Bilton Road, Rugby. To the north of this is ...
The site of a Second World War gun emplacement. The remains comprise a circular concrete holdfort for a Bofors gun sited on top of a spoilheap next to the railway on the opposite side of the line to the Rugby Cement Works.
1 Circular concrete holdfort sited in a small area of ridge and furrow between Johnson Avenue and allotments north of Bilton Road, Rugby. The emplacement has ammunition lockers to ...
The site of a Second World War gun emplacement comprising a circular concrete holdfort for a Bofors gun. It was sited in Newbold Quarry Park, Rugby.
1 Single rows of pimples lining both sides of the road north of the Oxford Canal forming a tank trap. There are 11 on the west side and 9 ...
The site of a Second World War tank trap formed by eleven anti tank pimples. They were situated on the north side of the aquaduct carrying the Oxford Canal over the Old Leicester Road at Rugby.
1 Five 3 foot tall concrete roadblock cylinders, on a now disused stretch of the road from Rugby to Lutterworth. This was the site of a roadblock. A ...
Five 3 foot tall road block cylinders, forming a Second World War tank trap. They are situated on a disused stretch of the road from Rugby to Lutterworth.
1 13 anti tank pimples in two groups. Those beside the B4112 are 5 rows deep and disappear beneath a bank of earth as they head north towards the ...
The site of a Second World War tank trap. It comprised 13 anti tank pimples in two groups beside the B4112 and the Oxford Canal at Newbold on Avon, Rugby.
1 At Meeting Lane (AL14), trial excavations in 1983 revealed a layer of silty clay which although aceramic, may represent the Roman rampart or related structure.
The possible remains of a rampart which formed part of the defences of the Roman town of Alcester. The remains were found during archaeological work in Meeting Lane, Alcester.
1 In 1995 a geophysical survey was carried out on the site of Spernall DMV. To the north east of the survey area, a WWII Home Guard gun emplacement ...
The site of a Second World War gun emplacement. It is located near Spernall Bridge.
1 A target wall and firing positions can be seen adjacent to the railway embankment. The size and strength of the target wall show that this range was for the ...
The site of a Second World War firing range associated with the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The firing range was located on the east side of the airfield, 700m north of Fir Grove.
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 ...
A Second World War pillbox, a small concrete building whose walls contained loopholes. The pillbox housed guns. It was used to defend the Grand Union Canal, which formed a defensive line between Birmingham and Oxford. The pillbox is located to the west of Chapel Hill.
1 Pair of incomplete anti tank road blocks on the western approach to Bridge 114 of the Oxford Canal. These may have been deployed as part of the Oxford/ Birmingham ...
The remains of a Second World War tank trap. It comprises two octagonal concrete blocks that were used as road block. They are situated to the west of Chapel Green and were used to defend the bridge over the Grand Union Canal.
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 ...
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.
1 Pair of incomplete anti tank road blocks in a field adjacent to the western approach to Bridge 116 of the Oxford Canal.
2 Note, including sketches and photographs.
3 Prefab type ...
A World War Two tank trap comprising a pair of concrete road blocks. They were situated on the western approach to the bridge over the canal, east of Napton Holt.
1 A prefabricated (concrete panel shuttered) pillbox which might have formed part of the Oxford/ Birmingham stop line.
2 Note, including sketches and photographs (3 pages).
3 A substantial reference work.
4 ‘The ...
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 1km north west of Priors Hardwick.
1 Second World War cold store at this location.
2 Recording, consisting of an exterior plan and elevations, was undertaken prior to the demolition of the store. The interior couldn’t be ...
A Second World War cold storage depot. The depot was surveyed prior to its demolition. It was situated between the railway lines and the river, 100m south of the roundabout on the Birmingham and Wedgnock Roads, Warwick.
1 A brick shuttered pillbox built on the railway embankment just west of the river crossing in Warwick. Commanding a clear view (if the trees were felled) of both the ...
The site of a brick shuttered pillbox dating to the Second World War. It is situated on the Oxford to Birmingham railway line.
1 At Flaxland Farm, Pillerton Priors, in a big field known as Coverwell, the RAF installed a dummy runway with landing lights and it was manned every night by RAF ...
The site of Pillerton Priors bombing decoy, a system of lights, fires or dummy objects. The decoy was used to prevent German bomber planes from dropping their bombs on the airfield at Wellesbourne. The decoy was situated to the south east of Pillerton Hersey.
1 Reported site of pillbox on the north west approach to Barford Bridge alongside embankment between arched bridge and flood relief channel. Now demolished. Much broken concrete can be seen.
The site of a pillbox which was used as part of the defence network during the Second World War. The pillbox is now demolished though the site is marked by a lot of broken concrete. It stood next to Barford Bridge.
1 Reported site of gun battery protecting the river crossing at Barford.
The site of a Second World War gun battery. It was located at the Barford river crossing.
1 This was a practice bombing target for trainee air crews. The fall of bombs was observed from two observation towers.
2 The existence of a WW2 bombing range was confirmed ...
A Second World War bombing range at Priors Hardwick. The range was used by trainee bomber aircraft crews for practising hitting targets with bombs. The site is located to the west of Priors Hardwick.
1 Substantial brick and concrete remains at SP458563 are probably the remains of one observation tower.
A World War Two observation post associated with the bombing range to the west of Priors Hardwick.
1 A three runway bomber airfield opened June 1942 as a satellite to RAF Chipping Warden but soon transferred to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. Major facilities included: two 1400 yard (1.28Km) ...
RAF Gaydon was a Second World War bomber airfield. It opened in 1942 as a satellite airfield to RAF Chipping Warden and later to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. It is located 1.5km north of Chadshunt church.
1 Church Lawford was principally used as a training base for instructors.
2 Oblique air photo showing an unusual runway layout.
3 Pill boxes at airfield: two type 22 at SP45 72 ...
RAF Church Lawford, a Second World War airfield that was used for training instructors. The airfield was situated to the east of Dunsmore Heath.
1 Trial excavations in 1996-7 in advance of redevelopment on the north side of the 1st century fort area were carried out by the Atherstone Archaeological and Historical Society. The ...
Excavations revealed the defences of the Roman fort at Mancetter, north of Victoria Road.
1 Type Q decoy at Wolverton, one of two sites for RAF Honiley. Military Grid Ref 82/670820, NGR SP2161.
The site of a Second World War bombing decoy. This was a system of lights or fires used as a conterfeit target for enemy aircraft who would drop their bombs on the decoy instead of RAF Honiley. The decoy site was located 900m south east of Wolverton.