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Type 28a anti-tank gun emplacement.
(Source: Book 1999)
LARGE PILLBOX (RECTANGULAR) WITH ARTILLERY EMBRASURES. CONCRETE WITH BRICKSHUTTERING. IS ON HIGHER GROUND OVER LOOKING THE CANAL, AND IS SOUTH FACING. LISTED IN WILLS 1985.
(Source: SMR )


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A)
      

      

        Location
        A4 road (Bath Road), Woolhampton.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Woolhampton, Berkshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 585 666
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Extant but condition unknown

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Alexander, Colin (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

        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. 

        		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0008878

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            West Berkshire SMR (ref: 05046.02.024 - WB5602)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999 Ironside's Line

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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