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Type 28A twin embrasure 2pdr pillbox guarding roadblock. The pillbox was disguised as a house, being covered in wood and chicken wire and painted brown with white windows.
(Source: Article 1994/12)
Concrete anti-tank gun emplacement.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/07/05)
Large, square anti-tank gun emplacement with two main embrasures facing SE and NE respectively. Badly overgrown. No access - in private field.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/09/03)
Rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. It is shown as 'unroofed'.
(Source: Map 1969)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A)
      

      

        Location
        In field on W side of lane S of Oaklands Farm.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Tidmarsh, Berkshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 63859 74384
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The emplacement is badly overgrown by a tree.

        		
      

      

        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. 

        		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0002685

      

      

        Original Reference
        8032
      

      

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

        		
      


      

        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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