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Type 24 pillbox with only the rear visible as the rest is deeply buried in a hedgerow.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/07/31)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | E of Bridge Farm, S of B3167, Perry Street, nr. Chard. |
Area |
Chard, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 3390 0555
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1982)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
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. Perry Street anti-tank island - Defences of Perry Street anti-tank island (1942, a 'centre of resistance', and later 1943, a category 'C' nodal point). Cassini ref. T7726. [Source: Western Area Defence Scheme, 1941 - PRO WO 166/1251]. |
Adjacent sites | Anti-tank obstacles at ST 337055 and type 24 pillbox at ST 337055. |
DOB site reference: | S0000295 |
Associated Identifier | Somerset SMR (ref: 55184) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/07/31 |