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Type 26 pillbox, approx. 10 ft square. The entrance, on the side away from the canal, is in the bank of the canal, has brick and concrete sides to retain the bank and steps down into the pillbox. Concrete approx. 18ins thick. Concrete roof approx. 6ins thick. The entrance is now completely blocked by earth and debris. The front half of the pillbox has been demolished, the part demolished presumably removed as it would have blocked the towpath. The remaining part is almost entirely covered by brambles and bushes. [Colin Alexander in 'Ironside's Line' gives NGR - ST 830597].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/01)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)
      

      

        Location
        On the bank of the Kennet and Avon Canal, approx. 150-200 yards to the E of a road bridge over the canal. The road bridge is on the road which runs from the A363 Bradford on Avon to Trowbridge road, almost opposite the Beehive public house.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 8283 5972
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1979)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Very Bad

      

      

        Materials
        
            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
        (2) - site location map and sheet of photographs.

      

      

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

      

        Adjacent sites
        Pillbox approx. 150-200 yards to W - ST 82675978.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000191

      

      

        Reference
        
             1999 Ironside's Line

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/09/01 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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