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Type 22 pillbox, shell-proof.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | A360 road, Devizes |
Area |
Devizes, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 006 610
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Unknown |
Recorder | Alexander, Colin (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. Devizes nodal point - The defences of Devizes on the GHQ Blue Line. The defences were developed as a nodal point because Devizes was considered an important centre of regional road communications (July 1940). During 1941 it was reclassified as a Category B anti-tank island. |
DOB site reference: | S0008722 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |