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Modified type 26 pillbox, built of concrete with brick shuttering facing. The base, which extends beyond the walls, and the roof roof are of concrete. The entrance is in the NE face protected by a detached blast wall. There is no evidence of a door. There are 3 embrasures, NW and SW, centrally placed; NE, off-centre. They have a concrete lintel and stepped splayed cast concrete embrasures. The remains of an internal fold down shelf below each embrasure exist. There is evidence that the external concrete has been grooved to simulate the pointing of bricks, and painted red. [additional information in report attached to original record].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/05)
Pillbox - Type 26. Built against an existing building, and designed to match.
(Source: SMR )
Square, brick-faced pillbox built on a concrete base against the N side of an exisiting building likely to have been a pumping station but now refurbished as an outbuilding of the mill house. Small exterior blast wall protecting low entrance on the E side. Three multi-stepped embrasures, one in each of the walls other than the S, with the remains of interior wooden firing shelves. Some exterior brick shuttering is falling away. Grass on roof. Overgrown on W side. General very good condition. No access without permission - on private land owned by Breamore Mill.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/13)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | On the E bank of a branch of the River Avon N of Breamore Mill, abutting an outbuilding. |
| Area |
Breamore, Hampshire, England |
| Grid reference |
SU 16193 17624
(Scale: 1:10000
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is overgrown on its W side. |
| Recorder | Walker, Nigel |
| Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Ringwood Stop Line - Stop Line following the River Avon between Christchurch and Salisbury via Ringwood. |
| Attached Sheets | (24) Additional information, maps and plans. |
| Photographs |
(23) - landscape, external and internal views - 20 printed on attached sheets. |
| Adjacent sites | Pillboxes at SU 16221748 and SU16281745. |
| DOB site reference: | S0000485 |
| Associated Identifier | Hampshire SMR (ref: SU11NE 55) |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1998/07 Breamore Mill |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, Between 1996/05/13 1996/06/02 Field Visit, On 2003/08/13 |
