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Hexagonal type pillbox (brick-shuttered), with 7 embrasures; brick shuttering falling away.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/04/24)
Hexagonal brick-shuttered pillbox - faces S (180 degrees). 7 x embrasures. Interior blast wall. In poor condition, with bricks falling away.
(Source: Field Visit 1994/06/01)
Hexagonal pillbox (type 24) plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces S.
(Source: Map 1973)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Faces S. Muck of the shuttering has been removed. Brick anti-ricochet wall. Access, and interior, possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/02)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | E of the Reigate Road (A23) at Sidlow Bridge, close to the River Mole. |
Area |
Reigate, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 26010 47120
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1973)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Natural erosion (Medium Term) Detail: Bricks from the exterior shuttering are falling away |
Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. |
Photographs |
(1) - exterior view. |
Adjacent sites | Close to pillboxes TQ 260471 and TQ 259471. |
DOB site reference: | S0002476 |
Associated Identifier | Surrey SMR (ref: SU/SIHG/CRS49) |
Original Reference | 7806 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/04/24 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/12/02 Field Visit, On 1994/06/01 |