British hardened field defences of World War II were small fortified structures constructed as a part of British anti-invasion preparations. They were popularly known as pillboxes, a reference to their shape.
Hexagonal pillbox (Type 22)
Winston Churchill helps to build a pillbox at Poole in July 1940.
Soldiers relax inside a Type 28 pillbox in October 1940.
Pillbox where some of the original brick shuttering and reinforced concrete has fallen away to reveal the internal network of rebars.
Cockley Cley
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Cockley Cley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village covers an area of 17.94 km2 (6.93 sq mi) and falls within the district of Breckland.
All Saints Church
Cockley Cley village sign, showing the church still with its tower
Rare Allan Williams Turret fortifications of World War II in Cockley Cley
Entrance to the reconstruction of an Iceni village, now closed