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Type 24 pillbox, thick walled type made with corrugated iron shuttering. Facing W towards Ruishton. [Considerably overgrown].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/08/21)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Sited on old railway line just S of Ruishton to Creech St. Michael road, to the E of Ruishton. |
Area |
Ruishton, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 271 249
(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. |
Adjacent sites | Railblock at ST 271248. |
DOB site reference: | S0000423 |
Associated Identifier | Somerset SMR (ref: 44286) |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/08/21 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |