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Anti-tank pillbox near Culham. Brick-shuttered.
[Photograph in article cited below].
(Source: Article 1999)
Type 28a pillbox, with high step to rear entrance.
(Source: Article 1994)
Type 28a anti-tank gun emplacement. [Original defence site number - 288]. Corrugated iron shuttering. [see photograph p89].
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) |
---|---|
Location | At Sutton Courtenay bridge over the River Thames. |
Area |
Culham, Oxfordshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 506 946
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Corrugated Iron, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Red - GHQ Stop Line running from south of Malmesbury to west of Reading. |
Photographs |
![]() (1) - exterior view (see p89 'Ironside's Line' and print) (DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0007166 |
Reference |
GHQ Line Rear or Section Red: Research Report 1994/06 Pillbox Typology Part 5: Gunhouses. 1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Invasion 1940 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |