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Type 24 pillbox, thin-walled faces NE.
(Source: Field Visit 1954)
Hexagonal pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1996)
Hexagonal concrete-faced pillbox, standing on concrete base. Marks of wood shuttering planks very visible. 15ins thick walls. Exterior height, 7ft 6ins. Entrance, 26ins wide. Width of entrance face, 12ft 6ins. Embrasures, 4ft 6ins above ground level, 2ft wide at exterior, 10ins in middle.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/24)
Type 24 pillbox facing river (N). Its concrete base is visible. Built with horizontal plank shuttering. Interior access possible. Some modern graffiti inside.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/10/28)
Hexagonal pillbox structure plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1948/03/09)
Bullet-proof concrete pillbox. Disguised as a haystack. Serial no. 86. Cassini ref. 642249.
(Source: Document 1940/12/27)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        On S bank of River Tame, by footpath off Dunstall Lane.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Tamworth, Staffordshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SK 18409 04526
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 2000)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Regan, A. J. (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Western Command Stop Line No 5 - Tamworth to Burton-on-Trent and thence by River Dove to Ashbourne 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0005335
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0005335
         

     (3) - site and exterior views.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0005335

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Staffordshire SMR (ref: 5034)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1940/12/27 Defence Scheme Staffordshire 2

             1948/03/09 CPE/UK/2469 (fr.4240)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2000/08/24 

            Field Visit, During 1996 

            Field Visit, On 2002/10/28 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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