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Concrete type 24 pillbox by canal bridge.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/07)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1948/03/27)
Type 24 pillbox, with extra tall front faces as set on slope of bank. Faces towards river (E). Square splayed embrasures. Concrete plinth is exposed at front. Entrance has drop down to doorway (step probably removed). On public footpath, with interior access.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/10/28)
Bullet-proof concrete pillbox. Disguised as a woodman's cottage. Serial no. 82. Cassini ref. 636261.
(Source: Document 1940/12/27)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
|---|---|
| Location | On bank between River Tame and Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Hopwas Wood Bridge, Hopwas. |
| Area |
Wigginton and Hopwas, Staffordshire, England |
| Grid reference |
SK 17971 05715
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1981)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
| Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 5 - Tamworth to Burton-on-Trent and thence by River Dove to Ashbourne |
| Attached Sheets | (1) - notes on area from booklet on canals. |
| Photographs |
(2) - general views. |
| DOB site reference: | S0006255 |
| Reference |
1940/12/27 Defence Scheme Staffordshire 2 1948/03/27 CPE/UK/2555 (fr.4303) |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1998/07 Field Visit, On 2002/10/28 |
