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DHP No. 45 is a modern pillbox located in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, constructed during the Second World War as part of the British defensive infrastructure against potential German invasion. The structure forms part of the Home Defence (L) scheme, a network of fortifications built across the United Kingdom between 1940 and 1941. The pillbox represents the standardised military architecture of the period, designed to provide protected firing positions for infantry against armoured and aerial attack. As a scheduled monument recorded in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record, it preserves important evidence of wartime defensive preparations and civilian mobilisation in Northern Ireland during the Second World War.
Wwii pillbox - dhp no.45 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7729. View the official record →
DHP No. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7729.
Wwii pillbox - dhp no.45 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.45 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 7729.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (6.8 km), The danes cast. linear earthwork (7.2 km), Rath (7.3 km).
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