Defence of Britain Archive

Council for British Archaeology, 2002. (updated 2006) https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327. How to cite using this DOI

Digital Object Identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are persistent identifiers which can be used to consistently and accurately reference digital objects and/or content. The DOIs provide a way for the ADS resources to be cited in a similar fashion to traditional scholarly materials. More information on DOIs at the ADS can be found on our help page.

Citing this DOI

The updated Crossref DOI Display guidelines recommend that DOIs should be displayed in the following format:

https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
Sample Citation for this DOI

Council for British Archaeology (2006) Defence of Britain Archive [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327

Data copyright © Council for British Archaeology unless otherwise stated

This work is licensed under the ADS Terms of Use and Access.
Creative Commons License


Council for British Archaeology logo

Primary contact

Council for British Archaeology
92 Micklegate
York
YO1 6JX
England
Tel: +44 (0)1904
Fax: 671417

Send e-mail enquiry

Resource identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are persistent identifiers which can be used to consistently and accurately reference digital objects and/or content. The DOIs provide a way for the ADS resources to be cited in a similar fashion to traditional scholarly materials. More information on DOIs at the ADS can be found on our help page.

Citing this DOI

The updated Crossref DOI Display guidelines recommend that DOIs should be displayed in the following format:

https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
Sample Citation for this DOI

Council for British Archaeology (2006) Defence of Britain Archive [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327

[Return to results list]

Type 22 concrete pillbox, on bank of canal. [Colin Alexander lists it as a type 22 shell-proof pillbox].
(Source: Field Visit )
Type 22 pillbox. On N bank of canal, on narrow strip of land immediately behind the westbound platform of Thatcham railway station. It has some sort of metal pipe protruding from the roof - possibly ventilation [?]. [Close inspection not possible].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/03/20)
Type 22 pillbox near Thatcham Station. Field of fire S across canal and towards Thatcham - Headley road. Pillbox has what appears to be a 2in flanged pipe sticking out of the roof [assumed to be not part of the original construction]. [with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/20)
POLYGONAL CONCRETE PILLBOX WITH SMALL ARMS EMBRASURES. LISTED IN WILLS 1985. SOUTH FACING.
(Source: SMR )


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)
      

      

        Location
        Near, and E of, Thatcham Station, on the N bank of the  Kennet and Avon Canal, between the railway and the canal.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Thatcham, Berkshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 529 663
             (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
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) - S0006482
         

     (5) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED & 1 slide).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        6pdr. gunpit (SU 527663) and type 28a emplacement to E (SU 539663).

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0006482

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            West Berkshire SMR (ref: 05046.02.037 - WB5615)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999 Ironside's Line

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2000/03/20 

            Field Visit, On 2000/08/20 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

        ADS logo
    


    

        
			Data Org logo
        
    


    

        University of York logo
    


    

         
            alt=