More information : The Defence of Britain Database notes a World War Two pillbox which formerly belonged to RAF Ouston Airfield's defences at NZ 089 705, "near Harlow Hill". The pillbox is a variant of no known type and is key-hole shaped, the building materials are not given. It may have been built 1940-1941. It was said to be extant but the exact condition was unknown - the record is undated, but presumably dates from the mid 1990s to 2001, when the Defence of Britain Database was compiled. The parish or townland is given as Harlow Hill, Northumberland (sic - see below). (1)
The administrative location of the pillbox cited in the Defence of Britain Database record (source 1 above) is misleading. Assuming the NGR in source 1 is correct, the pillbox lies within Stamfordham Civil Parish, (which also contains the settlement of Harlow Hill) but the NGR is also about 1750 metres north-east of Harlow Hill on the east side of the airfield. (2)
Located close to the north-eastern edge of the airfield, east of Stob Hill, and immediately to the south of a road leading east from the airfield and Stob Hill. (3) |