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Shell-proof type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Faces river (S). With covered porch (coming detached from main structure) on N side. Exterior and interior access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/17)
Hexagonal pillbox surrounded by thickets and with earth and vegetation on the roof. Shown on military oblique air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1943/07/17)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Cripp's Bridge, Mark Moor, on N bank of River Brue. |
Area |
Mark, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 36086 45222
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Alexander, Colin (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line.
Manned by VIII Corps. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0008377 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green 1943/07/17 ST 3645/1 (fr.3003) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/01/17 |