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Two storey type 22 pillbox, two sets of embrasures all round, Doorway below lower set of embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/10/08)
Two-storey pillbox, brick-shuttered, with embrasures at both levels and a strange vertical 'embrasure' that runs almost the whole height of the structure.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04)
Brick-shuttered, two-storey hexagonal pillbox. [Wills gives NGR - SS 916794: it is possible this is in fact a separate, but similar, structure].
(Source: Photograph 1985)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | On the edge of a transport company's yard near Tower Close, SE of town centre, Bridgend. |
Area |
Bridgend, Bridgend, Wales |
Grid reference |
SS 913 794
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1988)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Immediate) Detail: Site is now very overgrown. |
Recorder | Dennett, David |
Attached Sheets | (3) - site location map, and two photocopies of 1948 APs. |
Photographs |
![]() (2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0003316 |
Original Reference | 8736 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/10/08 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 2000/04 |