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Hexagonal type 22 pillbox, made of breeze blocks with brick interior lining. 6 sides, each 8ft long. Entrance on S side: each of the other sides has an embrasure. Concrete roof. Interior concrete baffle wall with 'S33' inscribed on it. Walls 2ft thick.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/07/30)
Small hexagonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1972)
Type 22 infantry pillbox. Concrete block construction. 'S33' stencilled on anti-ricochet wall. Principal face is NW, also W and N. Covers Weycroft Bridge, River Axe frontage. One of only two type 22 pillboxes on the S stretch of the Taunton Stop Line [the other is at Musbury/Colyton]. Both may have served as posts for bridge demolition parties as well as providing general defensive fire. Condition is good and stable.
(Source: SMR )
Bren emplacement. S.33.
(Source: Document 1940)
Type 22 pillbox. Good example. Faces NW. 'S.33' stencilled on interior blast wall. By public footpath. Interior access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/14)
Type 22 pillbox. Concrete block construction. 'S33' stencilled on anti-ricochet wall. Faces NW. Condition good.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/04/28)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)
      

      

        Location
        At the edge of a steep bank above the River Axe, N of Manor House, Weycroft.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Axminster, Devon, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 30760 99920
             (Scale: 1:2500
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Horner, W.S. (Devon County Council (Sites and Monuments Record))
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) - S0016346
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0016346

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Devon SMR (ref: SY39NW/89)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1940 Taunton Stop Line: record map folios of Major F.B. Goodman R.E., D.C.R.E. Taunton

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1996/07/30 

            Field Visit, On 1997/04/28 

            Construction, By 1940/12 

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/14 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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