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Elevated two-storey octagonal pillbox. It has a concrete base and ground floor level and brick first floor. There is a concrete roof with a circular brick parapet on it [possibly an AA position]. External steps to first floor. Evidence of blast wall on door, no longer present. Bevelled embrasures with concrete lintels and concrete door frame. Positioned on N side of canal bridge, opposite a former bomb shelter. The embrasures overlook canal and approaches.
The site is now converted for use as a gate house to control bridge raising and lowering.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/17)
| Type of site | PILLBOX |
|---|---|
| Location | Bonds Mill Bridge, Stonehouse |
| Area |
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England |
| Grid reference |
SO 794 053
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
| Recorder | Williams (2 Military Intelligence Company) |
| 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 | (2) - external views taken as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy) |
| DOB site reference: | S0007755 |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1995/07 Exercise Welsh Barrier |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/07/17 Field Visit, On 1995/07/17 |
