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Type 24 thick-walled pillbox, made with corrugated iron shuttering. Facing N and covering railway line to E and W. Largely overgrown. As camouflage this pillbox had a garden made surrounding it, and charred rafters were placed on the roof to give the look of a abandoned burnt-out cottage.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/08/21)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Sited at Rushton between River Tone and main Taunton railway line to the W of Creech St. Michael, on S embankment of railway where old Chard Canal crossed railway. |
Area |
Creech St. Michael, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 270 254
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1990)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
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. Creech St. Michael anti-tank island - Defences of Creech St. Michael anti-tank island (1942, a 'centre of resistance' and later 1943, a category 'C' nodal point). Cassini ref. T7146. [Source: Western Area Defence Scheme, 1941 - PRO WO 166/1251]. |
DOB site reference: | S0000404 |
Associated Identifier | Somerset SMR (ref: 44338) |
Reference |
1996 The Taunton Stop-Line |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/08/21 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |