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Type 22 pillbox, shell-proof.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type 22 pillbox. This pillbox would have defended the E side of the railway bridge that has since been demolished. Now surrounded by trees and partly overgrown with ivy. One tree grows against the entrance, its roots flush with the pillbox foundations. Well off the beaten track. Internally good.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/02/09)
Type 22 pillbox situated on the edge of woodland, with field of fire across flood plain to River Kennet and canal at Copse Lock. Wood-shuttered exterior.
[with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/30)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
|---|---|
| Location | Copse Lock, N of Kennet and Avon Canal and River Kennet, Speen |
| Area |
Speen, Berkshire, England |
| Grid reference |
SU 417 672
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1998)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is overgrown. |
| Recorder | Cole, Chris |
| Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
| Photographs | (2) - external views. |
| Adjacent sites | Type 22 pillbox to E (SU 419671) and type 28a to W (SU 412673). |
| DOB site reference: | S0008837 |
| Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 2000/02/09 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/08/30 |
