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Square pillbox with chamfered corners. Faces S. Plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1974)
Square pillbox plotted from air photograph. A further pillbox [UORN 16742], slit trenches and other earthworks are close to the pillbox.
(Source: Air Photograph 1954/03/12)
Square medium machine gun emplacement, sunk low in the ground. Brick-shuttered: some of the bricks are falling away. Detached blast wall. Heavily overgrown. Large embrasure facing W, with field of fire converging with that of adjacent emplacement [see UORN 16742]. Access possible, exterior and interior.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/28)
Type of site | VICKERS MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | In field SE of Ridding's Copse. |
Area |
Crondall, Hampshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 81133 50538
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1974)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The emplacement is badly overgrown. |
Recorder | |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016741 |
Reference |
1945/12/15 106G/UK/1062 (fr.3052) 1954/03/12 82/866 (fr.38) 1971/07/13 OS/71367 (fr.202) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/08/28 |