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Type 24 thick walled pillbox. The rear wall containing the entrance is approx 20ft long, the exact opposite wall approx. 9ft long, and the other walls are approx 12ft and 10ft long. There is an exterior brick wall, with sloping concrete roof protecting the entrance. Brick may be shuttering only. [Inside not inspected owing to difficulty of access].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/18)
Type 24 shell-proof pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        Situated in a hedgerow, 10 yards from the River Avon, on the land of Avon View Farm..

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Holt, Wiltshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 8700 6148
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1979)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Harvey, Gerald
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (2) - sheet of attached photographs and site location map.

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (2) - exterior views (attached to sheet).  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        5 other pillboxes in immediate locality.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000163

      

      

        Reference
        
             1999 Ironside's Line

             1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/09/18 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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