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Pillbox dhp no.228 is a modern defensive structure located in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, forming part of the broader network of Second World War fortifications constructed across the region. Dating to the early 1940s, the pillbox represents standard military engineering practice during the period of heightened defensive preparedness following the outbreak of war in 1939. The structure exemplifies the type of small, concrete-built gun emplacement characteristic of British home defence architecture, designed to provide protected positions for anti-tank or anti-personnel weapons. As a recorded monument within the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record, it retains archaeological significance as material evidence of wartime civil and military infrastructure.
Pillbox - dhp no.228 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5331. View the official record →
Pillbox dhp no.228 is a modern defensive structure located in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, forming part of the broader network of Second World War fortifications constructed across the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5331.
Pillbox - dhp no.228 dates from the modern period, and is classified as a pillbox. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pillbox - dhp no.228 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 5331.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lisbane. multivallate rath (6.9 km), Wwii pillbox - dhp no.42 (7.5 km), Pillbox - dhp no. 38 (7.7 km).
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