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Type 27 pillbox plotted from air photograph. Faces SSE.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/01/15)
Pillbox with AA capability [plotted from German aerial photograph].
(Source: Air Photograph 1940)
Type 27 pillbox, with entry porch, plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces SE.
(Source: Map 1955)
Brick-shuttered pillbox in field, heavily overgrown. Viewed from a distance, and unable to make out its exact form. No access without trespass.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/05)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/27)
      

      

        Location
        In field W of Reigate Road (A240) and N of the A2022 College Road to Epsom.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Epsom, Surrey, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 23031 60213
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1955)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is heavily overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 London Stop Line: Outer - Line A (outer suburbs) of London defence rings. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/27) - S0016790
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0016790

      

      

        Reference
        
             1946/01/15 3G/TUD/UK/27 (fr.5297)

             1940/10/23 Taktisches Luftbildbuch Nr.3

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 2003/12/05 

            Construction, Between 1940/06 1940/10

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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