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Anti-tank pillbox, type 28A [sic].
['List of Defence Works Remaining in South West Surrey gives NGR - SU 939437].
(Source: Field Visit 1996)
Anti-tank artillery pillbox. Brick-shuttered. It has a thick anti-blast wall and a concrete roof over the area between the detached blast wall and the entrance. Grass on the roof could remain from original camouflage.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04/22)
Anti-tank gun emplacement with large anti-tank gun embrasure. Brick faced concrete with concrete exposed on front face. 4ft thick blast wall at rear. Gun chamber about 10ft square.
[Surrey Industrial Society record gives NGR - SU 93894368].
(Source: Field Visit 1988/11/01)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28) |
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Location | Peper Harow Park, N of the drive from the A3 road - in field. |
Area |
Peper Harow, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
SU 938 439
(Scale: 1:25000
, )
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Simmons, S.A. |
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. |
Attached Sheets | (3) - Map showing site location and information sheet on the 1940 Wey defences between Tilford and Eashing. |
Photographs |
(2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED) [Urquhart]: see also p90 'Ironside's Line'. |
DOB site reference: | S0002540 |
Original Reference | 7871 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 1960/04 List of Defence Works Remaining in South West Surrey |
Event |
Field Visit, In the period 1996 1997 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1988/11/01 Field Visit, On 2000/04/22 |