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Type 24 shell-proof pillbox - termed by recorder (incorrectly) a type 29.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Beechfield House. N of Melksham. |
Area |
Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 9046 6572
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Green, M. |
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. |
DOB site reference: | S0014382 |
Reference |
1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |