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Shell-proof type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox at edge of wood. With attached porch/blast wall. Faces SW. In excellent condition. Internal access possible. A short spur of anti-tank ditch leads up to this pillbox [see UORN 8552]. Five iron picket posts are still in place in the bank on the N side of the pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/05)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | At S corner of Hog Wood. |
Area |
Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 7741 5944
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
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 |
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DOB site reference: | S0008550 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/02/05 |