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Pillbox with attributes of a double type 26. Entry is by way of a short tunnel in the north side. There are 9 embrasures, 3 in the south wall and 2 in the east, west and north walls. The pillbox is made out of local stone and has a concrete roof. [Recorder John Harding gives rectangular pillbox at SH 65895550].
(Source: Field Visit 1997/08/13)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)
      

      

        Location
        Pen-y-Gwryd, E end of Llanberis Pass.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SH 65894 55486
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Concrete, 
            Stone
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Smith, Nick (Young Archaeologists Club)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Western Command Stop Line No 23 - Bangor to Portmadoc. The line runs from Bangor via Llanfairfechan and Caple Currig to Portmadoc. The line includes the pass of Aberglaslyn to Penrhyndeudraeth. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        Plans of pillbox (3) and further SRFs (4)

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26) - S0003216
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26) - S0003216
         

     (6) - external views (2 DIGITISED)  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Pillboxes: SH 66055572, SH 66115598, SH65615549.
Spigot mortar: SH 64946042

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0003216

      

      

        Original Reference
        8632
      

      

        Reference
        
             1998/07 Site Gazetteer II: Wales

             1995/09 Snowdon

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1997/08/13 

            Field Visit, On 1997/08/13 

            Field Visit, On 1995/12/10 

            Field Visit, On 1997/08/13 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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