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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) |
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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 |