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Type 24 concrete pillbox with added 'porch' of brick and stone.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/12/18)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | In meadows of Brook Farm, on the opposite bank of the River Avon to the village of Great Somerford. |
Area |
Little Somerford, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 9636 8319
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete, Stone |
Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line.
Manned by VIII Corps. |
Photographs |
(3) - site and exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0013348 |
Reference |
1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/12/18 |