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Type 24 variant pillbox. Thick walled type with breeze block shuttering.
[Recorder Thomson gives NGR - ST 444426].
(Source: Field Visit 1997/09/13)
Shell-proof type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
---|---|
Location | At confluence of Rivers Whitelake and Brue, E of Westhay Bridge, Westhay. |
Area |
Godney, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 4435 4262
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1995)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Breeze Block, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Thomson, L.E.J. |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line.
Manned by VIII Corps. |
Adjacent sites | Type 24 pillbox at ST 441426. |
DOB site reference: | S0000270 |
Associated Identifier | Somerset SMR (ref: 25452) |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/09/13 |