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The photographs of the machine gun post at Burscough are proving elusive. It does have a Defence of Britain ref - S0007806 stick that in the search and you can see a photograph. If you put 'Burscough' in the parish box, you will see the other defences here, including a decidedly odd looking 2-storey pillbox, built to see over the adjacent canal bridge. Yrs, Peter Iles Specialist Advisor (Archaeology) Lancashire County Council Development Management PO Box 100 County Hall Preston PR1 0LD t.01772 531550 e. [log in to unmask] From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of EDWARDS, Robert (Environment) Sent: 21 December 2011 10:47 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: WWII hardend field defences Dear all, We have a number of small structures, possible machine gun emplacements, located on the approaches to Chester. These structures have a square 6 inch/150mm thick concrete roof on brick pillars (occasionally with traces of the dark green camouflage paint. They have a very low profile and seem to have open sides, rather than embrasures. They have an internal wall, presumably as protection for the rear of the structure where the entrance steps are located. I haven't seen anything similar elsewhere, but there are similarities in the roof construction with the Dover Quad pillbox. I was wondering if ant list members have seen anything similar or know a bit more about this type of structure (I have checked DOB). Photo attached. Best wishes Rob Rob Edwards Historic Environment Records Officer Cheshire Archaeology Planning Advisory Service Tel: 01244 973667 Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Location: The Forum, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2HS. ************************************************************************ Disclaimer: If you are not the intended recipient of this email (and any attachment), please inform the sender by return email and destroy all copies. Unauthorised access, use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. The views expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council. The Council cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended. You should perform your own virus checks. Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council may monitor emails and as a public sector organisation; the Council may disclose this email (or any response to it) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Contracts cannot be concluded with the Council nor service effected by email, unless otherwise expressly agreed. The contents of this e-mail may be subject to privilege. ************************************************************************ ******************** This e-mail contains information intended for the addressee only. It may be confidential and may be the subject of legal and/or professional privilege. If you are not the addressee you are not authorised to disseminate, distribute, copy or use this e-mail or any attachment to it The content may be personal or contain personal opinions and unless specifically stated or followed up in writing, the content cannot be taken to form a contract or to be an expression of the County Council's position. Lancashire County Council reserves the right to monitor all incoming and outgoing email Lancashire County Council has taken reasonable steps to ensure that outgoing communications do not contain malicious software and it is your responsibility to carry out any checks on this email before accepting the email and opening attachments. ******************** Lancashire, a place where everyone matters ********************