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Type 24 pillbox on large plinth elevating it above canal up to road level
(Source: Field Visit 1995/06)
Type 24 pillbox situated on the W side of the Shropshire Union Canal. It is built on a large foundation which enables it to cover over the humped backed bridge which allows E to W access to Market Drayton.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/17)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        By canal bridge crossing Shropshire Union Canal on outskirts of Market Drayton.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Market Drayton, Shropshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SJ 6836 3452
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Western Command Stop Line No 8 - Shrewsbury to Newport and then to Nantwich. [Source: Western Command Operation Instruction no. 7, July 1940 - PRO WO 166/94]. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        Also recorded as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy)

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0005945
         

     (5) - external views taken as part of Exercise Welsh Barrier (see report by 2 MI Coy): 3 exterior views (Lowry) - 1 DIGITISED.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0005945

      

      

        Reference
        
             1995/07 Exercise Welsh Barrier

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, In 1995/06 

            Field Visit, On 1995/07/17 

            Field Visit, On 1995/07/17 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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