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On an untidy site surrounded by bushes and nettles. Partly overgrown. At the edge of a private field used by fishermen as a car park. Large open doorway on E side. A 2pdr opening on the road side [W] is now blocked by a wall of the new bridge.
[Colin Alexander's gazetteer lists it as a type 28a].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/07/27)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) |
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Location | Fronds Bridge, Woolhampton |
Area |
Woolhampton, Berkshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 590 688
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1993)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Cole, Chris |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. Woolhampton bridgehead - The defences of Woolhampton on the GHQ Blue Line. The defences were developed as a bridgehead to allow troops counter-attacking an unhindered advance across the Kennet and Avon Canal. |
Photographs | (1) - external view (1 slide) |
DOB site reference: | S0008573 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/07/27 |