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Type 24 variant. Brick shuttering. Rear access covered by 'porch', and structure built on large concrete raft to prevent subsidence on soft land of the Somerset Levels. [All the pillboxes from Highbridge to Wells are constructed in this manner and are type 24s].
(Source: Field Visit 1997/08/30)
Type 24 pillbox. Brick-shuttered, with brick entrance porch on N side.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/08/04)
Pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | SW of Mark Moor Farm to N of River Brue. |
Area |
Mark, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 37254 45085
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, 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. |
Adjacent sites | Type 24 variant pillboxes at ST 376450 (SLG0036) and ST 372451 (SLG0038). |
DOB site reference: | S0005670 |
Associated Identifier | Somerset SMR (ref: 12338) |
Reference |
1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/08/30 Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/08 Field Visit, On 1997/08/30 Field Visit, On 2001/08/04 |