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6pdr. Hotchkiss gun emplacement with a rounded overhanging canopy.
(Source: Article 1994)
Gun emplacement for a 6pdr., designated M A/T 604. It was the fourth 6pdr. of the Middle Sector of the Taunton Stop LIne.
(Source: Photograph )
Type of site | GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | NW of Curry Mallet. |
Area |
Curry Mallet, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 317 216
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. |
DOB site reference: | S0007193 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1994/06 Pillbox Typology Part 5: Gunhouses. |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |