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Type 24, thick-walled, pillbox - modified.
(Source: Article 1995)
Type 24 pillbox; brick-shuttered - faces SW. [Ref: SU75/67].
(Source: Field Visit 1988/02/09)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox with small stepped embrasures. Asbestos shutters to the embrasures are still in position and swing on their hinges. Overgrown. Faces W. This pillbox would be in excellent condition if its overgrowth was removed. It stands close to the junction of the anti-tank ditches of two stop lines.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/28)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | At the SW edge of Leeches Copse, on land of Bowenhurst golf course. |
Area |
Crookham Village, Hampshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 78843 50764
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Medium Term) Detail: The pillbox is overgrown. |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. 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: | S0007412 |
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 |