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Type 24 pillbox. Brick-shuttered. Doorway is on N side.The brick shuttering is missing at the top of the pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/08/04)
Shell-proof type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Book )
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
Type 24 variant pillbox with brick shuttering.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/08/30)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/17)
Rectangular shape plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1947/01/16)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | On NE bank of River Brue, NW of River Bridge. |
Area |
Mark, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 38029 44649
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Deterioration (Medium Term) Detail: 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 |
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Adjacent sites | Type 24 variant pillboxes to W at ST 379448 (SLG0034) and the E at ST 38144462 (SLG 0032). |
DOB site reference: | S0005771 |
Associated Identifier | Somerset SMR (ref: 12339) |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green 1947/01/16 CPE/UK/1924 (fr.3020) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/08 Field Visit, On 1997/08/30 Field Visit, On 1997/08/30 Field Visit, On 2001/08/04 Field Visit, On 2003/01/17 |