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Truncated, pyramidal anti-tank blocks, set at 45 degrees to each other, along the line of the beach. Two pillboxes are set in the line.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/02/11)
Type of site | ANTI TANK BLOCK |
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Location | Fairbourne, from base of cliff, along crest of pebble beach, near mouth of Mawddach estuary |
Area |
Llangelynnin, Gwynedd, Wales |
Grid reference |
SH 6110 1201
(Scale: 1:10560
, 1963)
SH 611 130 (Scale: 1:50000 , 1995) |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Parry, Medwyn (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Gwynedd coast defences - Coastal crust and hinterland defences |
Attached Sheets | Additional SRF by Sue Burden |
Photographs |
![]() (5) - general views (1 DIGITISED) |
Adjacent sites | Pillboxes: SH 61101210 and SH 61151245 |
DOB site reference: | S0003242 |
Original Reference | 8658 |
Reference |
1998/07 Site Gazetteer II: Wales |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1995/02/11 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/06/18 |