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Type 28 pillbox for housing 6 pdr. or other anti-tank weapon: being used as tool/equipment shed by farmer.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/08/30)
Large anti-tank gun emplacement, concrete faced. Wooden doors have been fixed to the entrance and anti-tank gun embrasure.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04)
Large rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1966)
Large concrete-faced anti-tank gun emplacement. Appears to be used as a store. Chamfered roof edge. Main embrasure appears to face SW. Doorway on N side [?]. Stands on private land. No access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/15)
Rectangular structure plotted from air photograph. It has been given a pitched roof as camouflage.
(Source: Air Photograph 1944/08/13)
2 pdr. anti tank gun emplacement. Ref. M. A/T 201. Cassini ref. 783383. In Sector C.1 - to fire on main road and Ilton station.
(Source: Document 1941/01/30)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) |
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Location | S of Merryfield Lane at Cad Green, facing SW towards Cad Farm. |
Area |
Ilton, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 34778 17155
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1966)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Thomson, L.E.J. |
Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. Ilton anti-tank island - Defences of Ilton anti-tank island (1942, a 'centre of resistance' and later 1943, a category 'C' nodal point). Cassini ref. T7838. [Source: Western Area Defence Scheme, 1941 - PRO WO 166/1251]. |
Photographs |
![]() (1) - exterior view. |
DOB site reference: | S0002990 |
Original Reference | 8385 |
Reference |
1940 Taunton Stop Line: record map folios of Major F.B. Goodman R.E., D.C.R.E. Taunton 1941/01/30 Ilton A/T Island 1944/08/13 US/7GP/LOC390 (fr.3034) 1940/10/30 Home Defence Progress Report: Taunton Line 1940/12 Report on Taunton Stop Line |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/08/30 Construction, In the period 1940/12 Field Visit, During 2000/04 |