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Type 28A 2pdr pillbox positioned back to back to fire with another [see UORN 16664].
(Source: Article 1994/12)
Rectangular anti-tank gun emplacement set back to back at a slight angle with another [see UORN 16664]. Shuttered with horizontal wooden planks, but vertical around the doorway (on S side). Corrugated iron-shuttered roof (internal). Stands on three feet thick plinth (ground marshy by stream). Cut-off corners and chamfered roof edge. One main embrasure (blocked). Internal LMG side chamber with two embrasures, one blocked. Further LMG embrasure in E face. Damage to a corner revealing reinforcing bars, possibly occasioned by being used as a target for shell fire. Used as a cattle shelter. Faces N. Public access, including interior - close to footpath.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/09/03)
Concrete anti-tank gun emplacement, now used as animal shelter.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/07/05)
Rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1969)
Rectangular pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/07/10)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A)
      

      

        Location
        E of the River Pang, on footpath running W-E from Sulham Hill to Sulham Lane, by the side of a small stream, N of Oaklands Farm.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Tidmarsh, Berkshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 63905 74769
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Corrugated Iron, 
            Reinforced Concrete, 
            Wood
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Red (Sulham Valley sector) - Length of the GHQ Stop Line: Red running between the Rivers Thames and Kennet, along the line of the Sulham Valley west of Reading. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) - S0002682
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) - S0002682
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0002682

      

      

        Original Reference
        8029
      

      

        Reference
        
             1994/12 Sulham Valley: A Heavy Concentration of Anti-Tank Pillboxes

             1946/07/10 106G/UK/1646 (fr.3290)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1998/07/05 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 1994 

            Field Visit, On 2003/09/03 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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