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One of a pair of pillboxes on either side of unclassified road where it crosses the canal. Partly sunk into side of road.
[Colin Alexander lists it as a type 22 shell-proof].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/03/22)
Type 22 pillbox set low in ground with embrasures at road level. Field of fire S over bridge and across canal to the S. Wood-shuttered. Identification no. 365. 3 x embrasures.
[with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/20)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | At Hamstead Lock on W side of bridge, on N bank of Kennet and Avon Canal. |
Area |
Speen, Berkshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 423 671
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Cole, Chris |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
Photographs | 21) - exterior views (slide and print). |
Adjacent sites | Pillbox on opposite side of road. |
DOB site reference: | S0006476 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/03/22 Field Visit, On 2000/08/20 |