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Type 24 pillbox buried up to roof slab, which has a plinth in the middle possibly to accept light AA MG. Condition of pillbox not known as buried.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/10/25)

Type of site PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
Location At Outwood, NW of West Lyng Farm, almost equidistant between the railway line and the A361.
Area Durston, Somerset, England
Grid reference ST 3094 2821 (Scale: 1:25000 , 1990)
Period WW2
Condition Unknown
Materials Reinforced Concrete
Recorder Thomson, L.E.J.
Defence grouping Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton.
Durston Station anti-tank island - Defences of Durston Station anti-tank island (earlier 1940, a 'centre of resistance'; later 1943, a category 'C' nodal point. 1942, a centre of resistance again). Cassini ref. T7449. [Source: Western Area Defence Scheme, 1941 - PRO WO 166/1251].
Adjacent sites 2 type 24 pillboxes at ST 30802823 and ST 310281; and type 28 at ST 30892823.
DOB site reference: S0000272
Event Construction, In the period 1940 1941
Field Visit, On 1997/10/25


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