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One of a pair of pillboxes on either side of unclassified road where it crosses the canal.
[Colin Alexander lists it as a type 22 shell-proof].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/03/22)
Type 22 pillbox set low in ground with embrasures at ground level to road. Field of fire S across bridge and canal.
[with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/20)
Two pillboxes defending a crossing of the Kennet and Avon Canal.
(Source: Photograph 1985)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | At Hamstead Lock, on N bank of Kennet and Avon Canal, on E side by canal bridge. |
Area |
Speen, Berkshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 424 671
(Scale: 1:10560
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Cole, Chris |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
Photographs |
(2) - exterior views (slide and print DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Pillbox on opposite side of road. |
DOB site reference: | S0006477 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/03/22 Field Visit, On 2000/08/20 |