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Type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Article 1993)
Type 24 shell-proof pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Large type 24 pillbox of concrete panel shuttering [prefabricated]; very overgrown. Entrance, which faces and is flush with the adjacent lane, is blocked. Faces NE. No 'porch' owing to closeness to lane. Local information suggests that the pillbox was lived in at some stage of its post-war history.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/20)
Type 24 variant pillbox dug into the hedgerow at the very edge of the lane. Faced with prefabricated concrete panelling, bolted in position. No interior access, but a view through an embrasure shows the interior to be in excellent condition. The entrance on the W side is now blocked by the hedge bank. Faces E down the lane towards the line of the anti-tank ditch [see UORN 14402].
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/06)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces N.
(Source: Map 1977)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        On N side of lane, 2 miles SE of Avening village.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Avening, Gloucestershire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 89792 96522
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1977)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is very overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Green  - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line. 
Manned by VIII Corps. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0006851
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0006851
         

     (1) - exterior view (DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0006851

      

      

        Reference
        
             1993/09 The Bristol Outer Defences on the Cotswold Plateau, Part 2

             1999 Ironside's Line

             1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2000/08/20 

            Field Visit, On 2003/02/06 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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