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Type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Article 1993)
Type 24 pillbox with limestone block 'porch' [found on other pillboxes in this area - a late addition?]. Remains of 'mounding' up to embrasure level still to be seen. Brick-shuttered.
[Recorder Lowry gives NGR as ST 910934].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04)
Type 24 shell-proof pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | By side of lane on land of Little Lark Hill Farm, half a mile N of Long Newnton village. |
Area |
Long Newnton, Gloucestershire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 9095 9347
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Limestone, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Gould, Alan |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line.
Manned by VIII Corps. |
Photographs |
(3) - exterior views (2 DIGITISED, supplied by Alan Gould and Bernard Lowry). |
DOB site reference: | S0006855 |
Reference |
Loopholes No 4 & 5: The Green Line 1993/09 The Bristol Outer Defences on the Cotswold Plateau, Part 2 1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Field Visit, In the period 2000/01 2000/03 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 2000/04 |