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Circular concrete-faced pillbox - faces SE. [Ref: SU94/36].
[[North East Hampshire survey record gives NGR - SU 995471, which is given the location description, 'towpath N of Broadford Bridge, Shalford'].
(Source: Field Visit 1988/09/29)
Circular concrete pillbox - faces E. [probably reinforced type 24]. On disused railway embankment. 5 standard '3-step' rifle/LMG embrasures. Steps up side of embankment. National Trust plaque records history.
(Source: Field Visit 1992/03/19)
A variation of the type 24 thick walled pillbox, with no rear embrasures. Exterior made of concrete blocks. There is an adjacent plaque recording the history of this pillbox and its place in the GHQ Line. Concrete steps lead down a bank adjacent to the pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/10/16)
Pillbox; no specification.
(Source: Document 1960)
Drum-shaped circular pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04/10)
Type of site | PILLBOX (SHELLPROOF) |
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Location | On the old railway embankment, W of the river, SE of Guildcrete in a wood. [Also given as 'Riff-Raff Weir, Artington' - may be same site]. |
Area |
Artington, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
SU 995 472
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete Block, 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. |
Photographs |
(3) - site and exterior views [Urquhart] (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0010079 |
Associated Identifier | National Trust SMR (ref: 122422) |
Reference |
1960/04 List of Defence Works Remaining in South West Surrey |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1995/10/16 Field Visit, On 1992/03/19 Field Visit, On 2000/04/10 Field Visit, On 1988/09/29 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |