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Type 22 pillbox, shell-proof.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type 22 pillbox on towpath with field of fire across canal to S and protecting swing bridge. Wood-shuttered exterior. The embrasure on the canal side is blocked. The entrance is on private land: no access.
[with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/09/01)
CONCRETE POLYGONAL PILLBOX WITH SMALL ARMS EMBRASURES AT PADWORTH BRIDGE. EMBRASURES
BRICKED CLOSED, LISTED IN WILLS 1985, SOUTH FACING
(Source: SMR )
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | Aldermaston Wharf, SW of Padworth Swing Bridge, Kennet and Avon Canal, Beenham. |
Area |
Padworth, Berkshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 608 674
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1999)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
Photographs | (1) - site view. |
Adjacent sites | Type 28a emplacement to NE at SU 609675. |
DOB site reference: | S0008884 |
Associated Identifier | West Berkshire SMR (ref: 05046.02.017 - WB5595) |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/09/01 |