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Pillbox type known as the 'Surrey drum', being a type 24 on the inside, having a straight rear face with 2 rear embrasures and an entrance consistent with a type 29, but round on the sections that would make up the 5 sides of a type 24, giving the plan of a medieval drum tower. 27 of these structures were built by Mowlems between Farncombe and Chilworth Manor. This particular pillbox has embrasures set at differing heights.
(Source: Article 1993)
Circular concrete pillbox - faces SSW (160 degrees). Covers water obstacle. 7 standard rifle/LMG embrasures, 2 in flat rear wall with doorway. Flattened at rear entrance. Interior blast wall.
SU/SIHG/CRS169.
(Source: Field Visit 1992/08/01)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | S of Little Halfpenny Farm, NE of Shalford - N of river in hedgerow. |
Area |
Shalford, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 0145 4750
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Surrey Industrial Society survey (Surrey Industrial Society) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. |
DOB site reference: | S0007054 |
Reference |
1993/12 Pillbox Typology Part 4: Circular and Other Rounded Types 1960/04 List of Defence Works Remaining in South West Surrey |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1992/08/01 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |