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Type 22 concrete pillbox, on bank of canal.
[Colin Alexander lists it as a type 22 shell-proof pillbox].
(Source: Field Visit )
Type 22 pillbox. On N bank of canal, on narrow strip of land immediately behind the westbound platform of Thatcham railway station. It has some sort of metal pipe protruding from the roof - possibly ventilation [?]. [Close inspection not possible].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/03/20)
Type 22 pillbox near Thatcham Station. Field of fire S across canal and towards Thatcham - Headley road. Pillbox has what appears to be a 2in flanged pipe sticking out of the roof [assumed to be not part of the original construction].
[with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/20)
POLYGONAL CONCRETE PILLBOX WITH SMALL ARMS EMBRASURES. LISTED IN WILLS 1985. SOUTH FACING.
(Source: SMR )
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | Near, and E of, Thatcham Station, on the N bank of the Kennet and Avon Canal, between the railway and the canal. |
Area |
Thatcham, Berkshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 529 663
(Scale: 1:25000
, 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 |
(5) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED & 1 slide). |
Adjacent sites | 6pdr. gunpit (SU 527663) and type 28a emplacement to E (SU 539663). |
DOB site reference: | S0006482 |
Associated Identifier | West Berkshire SMR (ref: 05046.02.037 - WB5615) |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/03/20 Field Visit, On 2000/08/20 |