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Concrete pillbox in which embrasures have been sealed. Access difficult due to vegetation growth.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/06/27)
At canal level adjoining bridge abutment, southern embrasures blocked (at time of construction) Located where public footpath to Lyme Park crosses canal.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/04/04)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26) |
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Location | Middlecale Farm Track adjacent to Macclesfield Canal, Midddlewood |
Area |
Poynton with Worth, Cheshire, England |
Grid reference |
SJ 952 844
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Axon, W. J. |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 6 - Tamworth via Trent Valley, E side of Stoke-on-Trent, to Macclesfield and Stockport, thence to 6 miles SE of Manchester. |
Attached Sheets | (1) Additional SRF - Mr J Peter Harrison |
Photographs | (2) - external views |
DOB site reference: | S0000240 |
Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/06/27 Field Visit, On 1995/06/27 Field Visit, On 1998/04/04 |