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Type 25 brick and concrete pillbox covering the approaches to the road bridge carrying the A471 road over the River Usk. The entrance is on the E side. Very small vertical embrasures cover all approaches.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/10/19)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/25) |
|---|---|
| Location | On the N side of the unclassified road through Bettws Newydd, about half a mile E of the A471 road over the River Usk, |
| Area |
Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Grid reference |
SO 352 058
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1974)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Fair |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
| Recorder | Wilks, Mick (Hereford and Worcester Defence of Britain Project) |
| Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 26 - The Stop Line runs along the line of the River Usk from its mouth to Brecon |
| Attached Sheets | (2) - site location map and sheet with attached photographs.
|
| Photographs |
(2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
| DOB site reference: | S0014981 |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/10/19 |