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Site only just visible from canal towpath on opposite bank [the site is on the N bank of canal), and is easily missed as it is camouflaged as a shed [unconfirmed]. [Colin Alexander's gazetteer lists it as a 'rectangular type'].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/08/27)
Non-standard rectangular pillbox situated W of bridge and between canal and River Kennet. Wood-shuttered. Pillbox blocked up and used as a bat sanctuary. It was originally disguised as a shed [camouflage], but 99% of the wood has now been removed. 3 x embrasures. [with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/09/01)
WOOD CLAD RECTANGULAR PILLBOX ON LAND BETWEEN RIVER AND CANAL. SMALL ARMS EMBRASURES. WOODEN CLADDING IS LARGELY INTACT, APPEARS TO BE DISGUISED AS A SHED. [SMR gives NGR - SU 617686].
(Source: SMR )


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (VARIANT)
      

      

        Location
        W of Ufton Bridge on S bank of Kennet and Avon Canal, Lower Padworth.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 618 686
             (Scale: 1:50000
              , 1994)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete, 
            Wood
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Cole, Chris
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (VARIANT) - S0008591
         

     (3) - external views (slide and prints) - 1 DIGITISED.  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Type 28a emplacements at SU 619687 to E; and to W at SU 615685.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0008591

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            West Berkshire SMR (ref: 05046.02.013 - WB5591)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999 Ironside's Line

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1999/08/27 

            Field Visit, On 2000/09/01 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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