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Small pillbox camouflaged as an agricultural building (concrete shaped to resemble stone) on north side of bridge with embrasures overlooking bridge. Presently used by NRA as a monitoring station.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/05)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | South east of village of Llandrinio, on old river crossing of River Severn |
Area |
Llandrinio, Powys, Wales |
Grid reference |
SJ 298 170
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1994)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 1 - Line of River Severn from Tewkesbury via Worcester and Bridgnorth to Shrewsbury, and then on to Llandrinio. |
Attached Sheets | Additional SRF by the recorder |
Adjacent sites | Road block on Llandrinio bridge SJ 298170 |
DOB site reference: | S0003211 |
Original Reference | 8626 |
Reference |
1998/07 Site Gazetteer II: Wales |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1995/07/01 Field Visit, In 1997/05 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |