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Type 26 pillbox with brick shuttering.
(Source: Book 1999)
Pillbox [not certain] plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/01/14)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26) |
---|---|
Location | E of Wellow Brook, at N end of Poorfield Wood, Midford Valley. |
Area |
Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 7630 5955
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Deterioration (Uncertain) Detail: Brick shuttering falling away from pillbox. |
Recorder | Alexander, Colin (Pillbox Study Group) |
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 | (1) - exterior view |
DOB site reference: | S0008545 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green 1946/01/14 3G/TUD/UK/25 (frs.5165-5166) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |