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6 x anti-tank cubes lining bank of Wellow Brook.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/12/01)
Type of site | CUBE |
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Location | NE of bridge over Wellow Brook on N bank, NE of pillbox at ref. ST 729566 (SLG00153). |
Area |
Shoscombe, Bath and North East Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 7308 5672
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Thomson, L.E.J. |
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 | see p43 'Ironside's Line'. |
Adjacent sites | Type 24 variant pillbox at ST 729566 (SLG00153) and 3 x A/T pimples at ST 729566 (SLG00154). |
DOB site reference: | S0005756 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/08 Field Visit, On 1998/12/01 |