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Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
Pillbox described by recorder as 'type 29' - almost certainly a shell-proof type 24.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox. Entrance porch collapsed. Faces SW along line of canalised river. Private land (field) - no access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/17)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | On N bank of River Brue E of Cripp's Bridge. |
Area |
Mark, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 36450 45172
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line.
Manned by VIII Corps. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0013970 |
Reference |
1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/01/17 |