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Circular concrete-faced pillbox - faces SE. [Ref: SU94/36]. [[North East Hampshire survey record gives NGR - SU 995471, which is given the location description, 'towpath N of Broadford Bridge, Shalford'].
(Source: Field Visit 1988/09/29)
Circular concrete pillbox - faces E. [probably reinforced type 24]. On disused railway embankment. 5 standard '3-step' rifle/LMG embrasures. Steps up side of embankment. National Trust plaque records history.
(Source: Field Visit 1992/03/19)
A variation of the type 24 thick walled pillbox, with no rear embrasures. Exterior made of concrete blocks. There is an adjacent plaque recording the history of this pillbox and its place in the GHQ Line. Concrete steps lead down a bank adjacent to the pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/10/16)
Pillbox; no specification.
(Source: Document 1960)
Drum-shaped circular pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04/10)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (SHELLPROOF)
      

      

        Location
        On the old railway embankment, W of the river, SE of Guildcrete in a wood. [Also given as 'Riff-Raff Weir, Artington' - may be same site].

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Artington, Surrey, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 995 472
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete Block, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Surrey Industrial Society survey  (Surrey Industrial Society)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to  Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (SHELLPROOF) - S0010079
         

     (3) - site and exterior views [Urquhart] (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0010079

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            National Trust SMR (ref: 122422)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1960/04 List of Defence Works Remaining in South West Surrey

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1995/10/16 

            Field Visit, On 1992/03/19 

            Field Visit, On 2000/04/10 

            Field Visit, On 1988/09/29 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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