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Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox - faces SE (135 degrees). Concrete roof and embrasures. 5 lmg square embrasures, plus 1 rifle port covering the doorway, all with steel baffles. Interior blast wall and pipes in corners. In poor condition with one third shuttering fallen away.
[Digital archive - Surrey Industrial Society: SU/SIHG/CRS151].
(Source: Field Visit 1991/05/06)
Polygonal brick-shuttered pillbox - faces S. 6-sided, and with embrasures for all-round defence.
(Source: Field Visit 1985)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | White Downs, N of Wotton. |
Area |
Wotton, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 1213 4934
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Deterioration (Medium Term) Detail: One-third of the brick shuttering has fallen away. |
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 |
(1) - exterior view (Alexander) - DIGITISED. |
DOB site reference: | S0010681 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1991/05/06 Field Visit, During 1985 |