Culture · free
Duration
30 min
The take
A machine-gun pillbox from the 1930s, built to strengthen Singapore's coastal defence and sited so that neighbouring pillboxes' fire overlapped. It lay in the sector held by the 1st Battalion of the Malay Regiment, which later fought invading Japanese troops at Pasir Panjang Ridge.
Good to know
An outdoor roadside site, so any daylight hour works
Built in the 1930s as part of Britain's coastal defences, with neighbouring pillboxes covering each other's fire
It sat in the sector held by the 1st Battalion of the Malay Regiment
Finding it: Junction of Pasir Panjang Road and Science Park Road. The Roots page for the site has a map link to the exact spot
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