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Possibly was a type 22 pillbox, now just a pile of bricks. A man living nearby told the recorder it had been a pillbox and had been demolished within the last few years.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/18)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)
      

      

        Location
        Approx. 60 yards S of the road bridge (on the unclassified road from Beanacre to Whitley) over the railway line, to the E of but adjacent to the single track line.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 9005 6641
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1979)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Removed

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Harvey, Gerald
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Green  - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line. 
Manned by VIII Corps. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - site location map.

      

      

        Adjacent sites
        10 yards away -  pillbox ST 90056644.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000169

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/09/18 

            Destruction, In the period 1990 1996

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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