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Shell-proof type 24 pillbox, with brick shuttering.
(Source: Book 1999)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1971)
Type 24 pillbox. Brick-shuttered, with red bricks on the lower half and orange at the top. Large sections of the shuttering have fallen off. There is no entrance protection porch and no internal blast wall. Doorway on the N side. [sketch plan on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2001/08)
Hexagonal pillbox structure plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1947/01/23)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Brickwork falling away. Small embrasures. Faces S across road. No access: private land.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/17)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        In field W of crossroads and Three Acres Bridge at Upper Godney.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Godney, Somerset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 49089 42888
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Deterioration (Medium Term) 
Detail: Large sections of the brick-shuttering have fallen away.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Perry, Christopher
      

      

        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) - S0008391
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0008391
         

     (1) - exterior view (Colin Alexander)  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0008391

      

      

        Reference
        
             1999 Ironside's Line

             1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green

             1947/01/23 CPE/UK/1944 (frs.1215-1216)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 2001/08 

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/17 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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