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There are no visible remains of this pillbox, except some obvious rubble from it in the ditch adjacent to where it is said to have stood. It was apparently similar to UORN 201, 30 yards away.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/08/26)
Pillbox. Ref. 40.
(Source: Document 1940/12)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | At Whaddon Grove Farm, on the N bank of a small stream and just to the W of the farm track. |
Area |
Semington, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 8845 6152
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1979)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Clay Brick, 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 | (1) - attached to 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: | S0000199 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1940/12 [copy of map of 4th Bn. Wiltshire Home Guard showing defence positions on the Kennet & Avon Canal] |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/08/26 |