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Pillbox [gun emplacement] constructed within a farm building at a point where a road bridge crosses the River Avon at Breamore Mill. Of double-brick thickness on 3 sides: 4th side is partially brick and partially wood (for camouflage). Built on a concrete base. Each wall has 1 embrasure made of cast concrete. The roof is of cast concrete, approx. 6ins thick. [for further details of construction see report attached to original record].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/05)
Pillbox - type unclassified. Converted from a former carriage shed.
(Source: SMR )
Pillbox constructed within a barn of Breamore Mill and occupying its southern and eastern sides. A brick and concrete wall, with an entrance, has been built within the barn, and its exterior (barn) face hung with wood planking. Concrete roof and walls inside. Two large embrasures in the SW and SE faces command the bridges over the River Avon where there was a roadblock [see UORN 16657]. A further embrasure, now blocked, is in the N wall. On the SW face the brickwork of the barn appears to have been replaced during its conversion to a pillbox, and there is a concrete lintel for the embrasure. The brickwork of the SE face, however, appears to be the original, and the embrasure is simply cut through it without additional external support. On the inside, the embrasures are concrete and splayed. There is a complete wooden firing shelf beneath the SE embrasure. No access without permission - on private land owned by Breamore Mill.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/13)
| Type of site | DEFENDED BUILDING |
|---|---|
| Location | Constructed within a barn on the SE side of Breamore Mill, Woodgreen Road, Breamore. |
| Area |
Breamore, Hampshire, England |
| Grid reference |
SU 16288 17474
(Scale: 1:10000
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
| Recorder | Walker, Nigel |
| Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Ringwood Stop Line - Stop Line following the River Avon between Christchurch and Salisbury via Ringwood. |
| Attached Sheets | (24) Additional information, maps and plans. |
| Photographs |
(23) - landscape, external and internal views - 20 printed on attached sheets. |
| Adjacent sites | Pillboxes at SU 16221748 and SU16201758. |
| DOB site reference: | S0000475 |
| Associated Identifier | Hampshire SMR (ref: SU11NE 54) |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1998/07 Breamore Mill |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1998/04 Field Visit, Between 1996/05/13 1996/06/02 Field Visit, On 2003/08/13 |
