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Type 22 pillbox, shell-proof.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/11/10)
Standard type 22 pillbox situated on N bank of canal with field of fire S. Concrete plinth approx. 1m wide all around the pillbox.
[with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/20)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | E of Copse Lock on canal path, N bank of Kennet and Avon Canal, Speen |
Area |
Speen, Berkshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 419 671
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Cole, Chris |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
Photographs | (2) - external views (slide and print) |
Adjacent sites | Type 22 pillboxes to E (SU 423671) and NW (SU 417672). |
DOB site reference: | S0008839 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1999/11/10 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/08/20 |