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Type 26 pillbox, approx. 10ft square, with embrasures approx. 18ins x 7ins. The entrance, on the side away from the canal, is in the bank of the canal, has concrete sides to retain the bank and steps down into the pillbox. The entrance is partly filled by earth and debris making it impossible to gain entrance. Brick shuttering; concrete roof. The pillbox now is almost entirely overgrown with bushes, except the side on the edge of the canal towpath.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/01)
Type 26 pillbox, S of Underwoods Bridge, with field of fire SW across canal towards Rowden Lane. 2 x embrasures seen. Brick-shuttered exterior. Overgrown. [with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/24)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)
      

      

        Location
        On the N towpath of the Kennet and Avon Canal, approx. 150-200 yards to the E of a road bridge over the canal. The road bridge is on the road which runs from the A363 Bradford on Avon to Trowbridge road, almost opposite the Beehive public house.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 8264 5979
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1979)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is badly overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Harvey, Gerald
      

      

        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. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (3) - site location map and sheets of photographs.

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (4) - exterior views (attached to sheets). Also, see p45 'Ironside's Line'.  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Pillbox approx. 150-200 yards to E - ST 82835972. Type 26 pillbox to E (ST 830597) and type 24 to W (ST 823604).

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000195

      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

             1999 Ironside's Line

             1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/09/01 

            Field Visit, On 2000/08/24 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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