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Anti-tank artillery pillbox. Has rear anti-blast wall which has 2 x embrasures. Heavily overgrown: the grass on the roof may represent the remains of original camouflage.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04/29)
Six-sided anti-tank gun pillbox. Barbed wire 'woven' net hanging from hooks on the roof. Entrance to N. L-shaped protective wall with 2 x embrasures. No other embrasures other than the main anti-tank gun embrasure.
(Source: Field Visit 1987/01)
Type 28 pillbox, of hexagonal shape - faces ESE. Brick faced concrete with concrete front face. Wide A/T gun aperture, plus rear embrasures facing SW & NW. Entrance on N side.
(Source: Field Visit 1986/11/01)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28) |
|---|---|
| Location | W of Somerset Bridge over River Wey. |
| Area |
Peper Harow, Surrey, England |
| Grid reference |
SU 920 441
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1997)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Fair |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The emplacement is very overgrown. |
| Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
| 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 |
(3) - exterior views (Urquhart and Alexander) - all DIGITISED. |
| DOB site reference: | S0011728 |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/04/29 Field Visit, During 1987/01 Field Visit, On 1986/11/01 |
