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by **CraftsbyCarolyn** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:51 pm

I see that they are celebrating 70 years

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/outdoo ... egacy.html

Is there any stories/history about our one? I presume that is what it is?

by **Fortytwa** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:48 pm

the spooky thing is the article mentions norman castles. If you look at the pill box facing towards the north and look half right across the field there is a copse. The earthworks there are the remains of a norman castle

by **sarek7** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:14 am

Just searched geograph for the one in Ampthill and can't find it, perhaps I'm not thorough enough. Race you there Fortytwa!

by **sarek7** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:29 am

found it!

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/161407

by **Fortytwa** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:31 pm

Not wishing to be pedantic - but its marked in the wrong place.

I have bagged the other WW2 feature in Ampthill on geograph

by **masquerade** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:57 pm

It's quite visible when you reach the top of the hill going out of Ampthill - it's on the left side.

Perhaps Memory Lane may have some photos of it when it was built and manned by the Home Guard.

by **Der Kaiser** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:20 am

Fortytwa wrote:I have bagged the other WW2 feature in Ampthill on geograph

Is this the "tank turning circle" on Bedford Street or the rings for anti-motorcyclist wire on Church Street?

Or something else? :roll:

by **Memory Lane** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:22 pm

Sadly I can't find any pictures of the Pillbox taken during the war years.

During my search I came across these 1939 pictures of Ampthills high tec poison gas detector.

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by **Sagitar** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:24 pm

Wonderful pictures that really bring back memories.

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