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Anti-tank gun emplacement, on E bank of River Axe, approx. 20 yards S of road. Hexagonal stone block gun emplacement with 2 gun bays facing NW and S guarding the crossing of the river.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/01)
6 pdr. gun emplacement stone-block shuttered) situated on E side of River Axe with field of fire W across river. with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/28)
6pdr anti-tank gun emplacement, one of sixteen on the Taunton Stop Line. The maximum range of the gun was 600 yards. [Information from David Hunt].
(Source: Letter 2001/05/08)
Anti-tank gun emplacement, with the strange feature of a concrete block that bisects the arc of fire from the massive main embrasure. This block may well represent a later modification.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28)
      

      

        Location
        At Bow Bridge (B3261 road) over River Axe, S of western approach to Axminster.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Axminster, Devon, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 2900 9815
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete, 
            Stone Block
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: River bank erosion (Medium Term) 
Detail: Pillbox is possibly threatened by river bank erosion.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Newbery, J.D. (Axminster Historical Society)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. 

 
 Axminster anti-tank island - Defences of Axminster anti-tank island.  Cassini ref. T7219. [Source:  Southern Area Operation Instruction no.5, 4 Jan 1941 - PRO WO 166/1243]. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - photograph

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28) - S0001319
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28) - S0001319
         

     (5) - photocopies, prints, with 3 exterior and 1 interior views, and digital image (2 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Roadblock (278) [see UORN 1326] to N; Pillbox (199) to N; Anti-tank ditch (267) to N; Pillbox (312) to S.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001319

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Devon SMR (ref: SY29NE/198)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999/12 Dorset Attacked, Dorset Defended

             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1998/05/28 

            Field Visit, On 1996/09/01 

            Construction, Between 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 2000/08 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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