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Type 25 brick and concrete pillbox covering the approaches to the road bridge carrying the A471 road over the River Usk. The entrance is on the E side. Very small vertical embrasures cover all approaches.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/10/19)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/25) |
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Location | On the N side of the unclassified road through Bettws Newydd, about half a mile E of the A471 road over the River Usk, |
Area |
Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Grid reference |
SO 352 058
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1974)
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Wilks, Mick (Hereford and Worcester Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 26 - The Stop Line runs along the line of the River Usk from its mouth to Brecon |
Attached Sheets | (2) - site location map and sheet with attached photographs.
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Photographs |
![]() (2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0014981 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/10/19 |