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Pillbox; no specification. In hedge line commanding lane.
(Source: Document )
Structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1966)
Pillbox so overgrown it is impossible to make out its shape and direction of fire. It is probably hexagonal (type 24). Concrete-faced. It appears to face W, with doorway on E side.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/15)
Bren emplacement. Ref. M.10. Cassini ref. 781386. 3ft 6ins thick walls.
(Source: Document 1940/12)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX
      

      

        Location
        On N side of Merryfield Lane, W of Ilton.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Ilton, Somerset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 34540 17339
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1966)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Bad

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is totally covered by vegetation.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        [Unknown] ([Unknown])
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. 

 
 Ilton anti-tank island - Defences of Ilton anti-tank island (1942, a 'centre of resistance' and later 1943, a category 'C' nodal point). Cassini ref. T7838. [Source:  Western Area Defence Scheme, 1941 - PRO WO 166/1251]. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX - S0003444
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0003444

      

      

        Reference
        
             1940 Taunton Stop Line: record map folios of Major F.B. Goodman R.E., D.C.R.E. Taunton

             1940/10/30 Home Defence Progress Report: Taunton Line

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940/12 

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/15 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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