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Pillbox, no specification.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/17)
Type 24 pillbox, located on the S bank of the Leeds Liverpool Canal. It covers two bridges over the canal one which is 200m to the W and the other is 200m to the E.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/19)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
---|---|
Location | Approx 200yds west of Moss Bridge on south bank of Leeds Liverpool Canal. Bridge No 35. |
Area |
Lathom, Lancashire, England |
Grid reference |
SD 4625 1088
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1978)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Virgoe, J.M. |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 14 - The stop line runs from Wigan, via Burscough, to Formby. |
Attached Sheets | Additional SRF by J. Rowlands and also recorded as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy) |
Photographs |
(2) - external views (1 DIGITISED), one taken as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy) |
DOB site reference: | S0002943 |
Original Reference | 8319 |
Reference |
1995/07 Exercise Welsh Barrier |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/09/17 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/04/30 |