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Type 22 pillbox, shell-proof.
(Source: Book 1999)
Pillbox [type 22]. One of a pair of pillboxes on either side of the track over Benham Bridge, on the N bank of canal. This pillbox is hidden from the lock by the bridge and its raised approach. Some minor deterioration but generally in good condition internally and externally.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/02/09)
Type 22 pillbox, wood-shuttered, situated on rail crossing of Kennet and Avon Canal to defend bridge, with field of fire S towards Enborne.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/20)
POLYGONAL SOUTH FACING CONCRETE PILLBOX LISTED IN WILLS 1985. VISIBLE ON NORTH SIDE OF LOCK ON 1969 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. LISTED BY WILLS AS DESTROYED. [SMR gives NGR - SU 447667].
(Source: SMR )


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)
      

      

        Location
        Benham Lock, W of Pickletimber railway bridge, N of Kennet and Avon Canal, Enborne.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Speen, Berkshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 445 666
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1998)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is partly overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Cole, Chris
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
     (3) - exterior views (slides and 1 print).  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Type 22 pillboxes to E (SU 449668) and W (SU 440665).

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0008847

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            West Berkshire SMR (ref: 05046.02.056 - WB5633)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999 Ironside's Line

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 2000/02/09 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2000/08/20 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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