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Type 24 pillbox, overgrown by thicket and undermined by river bank erosion.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/08)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        On E bank of River Axe, 300m S of A3052 road.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Colyton, Devon, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 2603 9241
             (Scale: 1:2500
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: Pillbox overgrown in a thicket.

            Type: River bank erosion (Medium Term) 
Detail: Pillbox on bank of river which is subject to erosion.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Cochrane, J.N. (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. 

 
 Colyford anti-tank island - Defences of Colyford anti-tank island.  Cassini ref. T6813. [Source:  Southern Area Operation Instruction no.5, 4 Jan 1941 - PRO WO 166/1243]. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - photograph.

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (1) - photocopy.  
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001400

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Devon SMR (ref: SY29SE/162)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, Between 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 1996/08 

            Field Visit, During 1989 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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