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Pillbox, no specification.
(Source: SMR )
Machine gun post. [Ref: SU85/73].
(Source: Field Visit 1988/06/09)
Pillbox - unclassified. Machine gun pit. Central gun mounting for anti aircraft use. Traces of camouflage remain.
(Source: SMR )
Type of site | ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN POST |
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Location | Playing field, opposite Prince Consort Library, Aldershot. |
Area |
Aldershot, Hampshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 855 512
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Plumb, Cherida (Defence Estates) |
Defence grouping |
Aldershot Command: Farnborough / Aldershot stop line - Stop line (known as a switch line) as part of the perimeter defences of Aldershot running S from Ash Vale to join the GHQ Line at Farnham [Source: Aldershot Command memorandum CRAC No.4 4/2997/55 (G), 17 July 1940 - PRO WO 199/55).
It may have been extended to Woking. |
DOB site reference: | S0007839 |
Associated Identifier | Defence Estate SMR (ref: HAAT21) Hampshire SMR (ref: SU85SE 23) |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1988/06/09 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |