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Type 24 'bullet-proof' pillbox with narrow splay embrasures. Sunken into the southern side of the railway embankment, covering the bascule railway bridge over the river Tywi.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/09/17)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Tywi Railway Bridge embankment, Pensarn. |
Area |
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
Grid reference |
SN 4061 1914
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1986)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Thomas, Roger J.C. (Carmarthen Stop Line survey) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command: Carmarthen Stop Line - The line runs S-N along the Afon Tywi (River Towy) and the Afon Duad, from the mouth of the Afon Tywi to Carmarthen, thence to Cynwyl Elfed, Rhos, Henllan and Llangeler. From this point it continues N to Llangranog, via Rhydlewis |
DOB site reference: | S0011464 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/09/17 Destruction, Before 1999 |