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WWII Pillbox DHP No. 231 is a modern defensive structure built during the Second World War and located near Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. The site stands upon bedrock of the Gala Group, a wacke formation dating to the Telychian period of the Ordovician. This pillbox represents one of thousands of similar fortifications constructed across the British Isles during the early 1940s as part of the emergency defence measures against potential German invasion.
The pillbox exemplifies the standardised concrete construction methods employed by military engineers during wartime. Its position within the Banbridge landscape reflects strategic decisions about vulnerable points requiring protection during the conflict. The underlying geological foundation of Ordovician wacke, resistant metamorphic rock, provided stable ground for the structure's construction and continues to support the monument today.
The monument is protected as a scheduled historic monument by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference number 7341. This formal designation recognises the pillbox's significance as a tangible record of Northern Ireland's experience during the Second World War. The structure survives as material evidence of mid-twentieth-century military engineering and the broader wartime mobilisation of the province.
Wwii pillbox - dhp no.231 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7341. View the official record →
WWII Pillbox DHP No. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7341.
Wwii pillbox - dhp no.231 dates from the modern period, and is classified as a pillbox. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Wwii pillbox - dhp no.231 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 7341.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (6.6 km), The danes cast. linear earthwork (6.7 km), Lisraw. rath & souterrain (6.9 km).
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Wwii pillbox - dhp no.231 stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.