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Type 24 variant. Brick shuttering. Rear access covered by "porch", and structure built on large concrete raft to prevent subsidence on soft land of the Somerset Levels. [All the pillboxes from Highbridge to Wells are constructed in this manner and are type 24s].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/12/17)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces SSW.
(Source: Map 1970)
Type 24 pillbox. Brick-shuttered. Some of the bricks are damaged. The entrance is on the N side, with a protective porch.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/08/04)
Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox with covered entry porch.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/17)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | On N bank of River Brue, just to the E of River Bridge. |
Area |
Burtle, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 38135 44601
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
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. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - plan and elevation. |
Photographs |
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Adjacent sites | Type 24 pillboxes to the W at ST 380447 (SLG0033) and the E at ST 38364466 (SLG00131). |
DOB site reference: | S0005667 |
Associated Identifier | Somerset SMR (ref: 12340) |
Reference |
1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/12/17 Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/08 Field Visit, On 1998/12/17 Field Visit, On 2001/08/04 Field Visit, On 2003/01/17 |