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Type 24, thick-walled, pillbox.
(Source: Article 1995)
Type 24 pillbox; brick-shuttered - faces SE. [Ref: SU 75/65].
(Source: Field Visit 1988/02/09)
Pillbox - type 24. Overgrown and flooded.
(Source: SMR )
Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox with attached blast wall (damaged). Semi-buried, said by farmer to have been done when spoil from the adjacent anti-tank ditch [UORN 16696] was dumped here. Earth on roof. Hooks to attach camouflage netting in position. Overgrown. Faces SW. No access without permission.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/28)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | On land of Hancock's Farm near N edge of Leeches Copse. |
Area |
Crookham Village, Hampshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 78844 50951
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is overgrown. Type: Flooding (Medium Term) Detail: The pillbox is subject to flooding. |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
Aldershot Command: Fleet / Farnham stop line - Short length of stop line (a switch line), part of the perimeter defences of Aldershot, running S from the Fleet area via Pilcot and Crookham to join the GHQ Line NW ofr Farnham [Source: Aldershot Command memorandum CRAC No.4 4/2997/55 (G), 17 July 1940 - TNA: PRO WO 199/55) |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0007411 |
Associated Identifier | Hampshire SMR (ref: SU75SE 26) |
Reference |
1995/03 Defending Chequers Bridge |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1988/02/09 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/08/28 |