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Type 28A pillbox, approx. 29ins x 20ins x 8ft high (external), standing on large base, approx. 18ins-24ins wider than pillbox, all round. Concrete roof 16ins thick, concrete walls 48ins thick. 3 embrasures in infantry section; one anti-tank gun embrasure in main section. Anti-tank gun embrasure now bricked up as is part of main entrance. There are the remains of a brick and concrete ramp leading up to main entrance. Inside the main entrance on the left is a solid (or concreted up) area approx. 2.5ft - 3ft square [its use not apparent].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/08/26)
Large rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1973)
Type 28A anti-tank gun emplacement, standing on massive concrete base. Built partly with end-on brick shuttering. Main embrasure, facing E, has been blocked. Cut off corners. Used as a cow stall. In private field - no access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/04)
Square structure plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/07/12)
Anti-tank gun emplacement. Ref. 35.
(Source: Document 1940/12)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) |
|---|---|
| Location | In field behind modern house diagonally across lane from Whaddon Farm and approximately 50 yards due S of Whaddon Church |
| Area |
Semington, Wiltshire, England |
| Grid reference |
ST 88055 61388
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1973)
|
| 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) - site location map and sheet of photographs. |
| Photographs |
(2) - on attached sheet. |
| Adjacent sites | Part of a strongly defended area, with at least 5 pillboxes and 2 sets of anti-tank obstacles in an area 500 yards square. |
| DOB site reference: | S0000174 |
| Reference |
1940/12 [copy of map of 4th Bn. Wiltshire Home Guard showing defence positions on the Kennet & Avon Canal] 1946/07/12 106G/UK/1661 (fr.3184) |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/08/26 Field Visit, On 2003/02/04 |
