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Type 28A pillbox, approx. 29ft x 20ft x 8ft high (external), standing on large base approx. 18ft - 24ft wider than pillbox all round. Concrete roof 16ins thick; concrete walls 48ins thick. 2 embrasures in infantry section, 1 anti-tank gun embrasure and 1 infantry embrasure in main section. All embrasures now bricked up. Below the anti-tank embrasure, at floor level, are 2 small embrasures, now blocked up [their use not apparent]. Brick shuttering.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/08/26)
Rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1973)
Type 28A anti-tank gun emplacement. Brick shuttering. Objects piled against it. Viewed from a distance. Direction of fire not clear. No access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/05)
Anti-tank gun emplacement. Ref. 39.
(Source: Document 1940/12)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A)
      

      

        Location
        Directly behind the main farmhouse of Whaddon Grove Farm, and just outside the existing garden fence.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Semington, Wiltshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 88461 61335
             (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
        (3) - site location map and sheets of photographs.

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (4) - exterior views (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:
        S0000203

      

      

        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 

            Field Visit, On 2003/02/05 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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