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Type 28 anti-tank gun emplacement. Brick-shuttered. Faces S. [Ref: SU84/43].
(Source: Field Visit 1988/06/22)
Polygonal type 28 anti-tank gun emplacement (modified) built into bank - faces S (192 degrees). Of irregular hexagon form. Brick-shuttered concrete, with concrete roof and one large embrasure only. Large doorway on W side. Used as garage/store. The rear blast wall has been removed. [Digital archive - Surrey Industrial Society].
(Source: Field Visit 1989/09/17)
Anti-tank gun pillbox. 6-sided. The rear protection walls have been removed as it is now used as a garage. Field of fire SSE.
(Source: Field Visit 1987/01)
Anti-tank artillery pillbox. The main gun embrasure has been sealed and the emplacement is now used as a garage with doors fitted.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/06/05)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28)
      

      

        Location
        Off bridleway by 'Wey Cottage', Runfold - NE of centre of Farnham.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Farnham, Surrey, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 8593 4724
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Surrey Industrial Society survey  (Surrey Industrial Society)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to  Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. 

 
 Farnham nodal point - Defences of the nodal point at Farnham [no documentary evidence as yet]. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28) - S0009940
         

     (2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). see p59 'Ironside's Line'.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0009940

      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1989/09/17 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1988/06/22 

            Field Visit, During 1987/01 

            Field Visit, On 2000/06/05 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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