Defence of Britain Database Anti-invasion record: S0006780

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Type 22 pillbox, with second storey.
(Source: Article 1992)
Double-decker concrete pillbox, based on type 22 design. Projecting girders and holes indicate that camouflage was once attached [see photograph on page 52 of cited work].
(Source: Book 1998/12)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1966)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from air photograph. Faces NW along railway.
(Source: Air Photograph 1944/08/13)
Bren emplacement, recorded on map as 'proposed'.
(Source: Document 1940/12)
Large two-storey pillbox based on a type 24 design. Entrances at two levels (access possible, upper level with difficulty). All concrete, inside and outside. Faces W, with doorways on E side. It was built tall to fire over the railway embankment. It was camouflaged as a water tank [information from David Hunt].
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/15)

Type of site	PILLBOX (VARIANT)
Location	W of Ilton, below the disused railway embankment on its E side.
Area	Ilton, Somerset, England
Grid reference	ST 34360 17065 (Scale: 1:2500 , 1966)
Period	WW2
Condition	Good
Materials	Reinforced Concrete
Recorder	Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project)
Defence grouping	Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. Ilton anti-tank island - Defences of Ilton anti-tank island (1942, a 'centre of resistance' and later 1943, a category 'C' nodal point). Cassini ref. T7838. [Source: Western Area Defence Scheme, 1941 - PRO WO 166/1251].
Photographs
DOB site reference:	S0006780
Reference	1993/01 Pillbox Typology 1940 Taunton Stop Line: record map folios of Major F.B. Goodman R.E., D.C.R.E. Taunton 1941/01/30 Ilton A/T Island 1944/08/13 US/7GP/LOC390 (fr.3034)
Event	Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/01/15