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Type 24 pillbox, built within brick shuttering. Due to the nature of the ground, it has a large concrete raft as a foundation. A porch has also been added to cover the entrance. This is typical of all the pillboxes built on this stretch of the GHQ Stop Line from Highbridge to just SW of Wells. All are type 24 for rifles and brens.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/09/20)
Shell-proof type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1971)
Type 24 pillbox. It was made with brick-shuttering. There is a porch-type entrance protection. It is built on a large concrete base to stop it sinking into the soft ground. Some of the brick-shuttering has fallen away. It is partly built into the river bank, and guards the road bridge.
[with sketch on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2001/07)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1947/01/23)
Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox, facing bridge it defends (SE). Brick-shuttering falling away, otherwise in good condition. This was probably also the site of a roadblock.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/17)
Type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered, with protected entrance.
(Source: Photograph 1985)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
|---|---|
| Location | On NW side of bridge over Division Rhyne, S of Godney.
|
| Area |
Godney, Somerset, England |
| Grid reference |
ST 48624 42152
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1995)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Deterioration (Medium Term) Detail: Some of the brick-shuttering is falling away. |
| Recorder | Thomson, L.E.J. |
| 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. |
| Photographs |
(1) - exterior view. |
| Adjacent sites | Type 24 pillbox at ST 341070, and anti-tank pimples. |
| DOB site reference: | S0002994 |
| Original Reference | 8389 |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green 1947/01/23 CPE/UK/1944 (frs.1215-1216) |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/09/20 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 2001/07 Field Visit, On 2003/01/17 |
