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At water's edge - foundations partly eroded away. Entrance on E side. [Colin Alexander's gazetteer lists it as a type 28a].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/07/27)
Type 28a anti-tank gun emplacement [sic]. Field of fire W towards Midgham - Brimpton road. Brick-shuttered with sloped concrete roof Embrasure surround facing canal is painted white. [with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/19)
RECTANGULAR PILLBOX, CONCRETE WITH BRICK SHUTTERING, WEST FACING. LISTED IN WILLS 1985
(Source: SMR )


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX
      

      

        Location
        N bank of Kennet and Avon Canal, between railway and canal, between Woolhampton Bridge and Wickham Knight's Bridge, E of Midgham Station,  Woolhampton.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Woolhampton, Berkshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 575 665
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1998)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: River bank erosion (Medium Term) 
Detail: Foundations are being eroded by river.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Cole, Chris
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. 

 
 Woolhampton bridgehead - The defences of Woolhampton on the GHQ Blue Line. The defences were developed as a bridgehead to allow troops counter-attacking an unhindered advance across the Kennet and Avon Canal. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX - S0008576
View of PILLBOX - S0008576
         

     (6) - external views (2 slides, 4 prints) (2 DIGITISED)  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Type 22 pillbox to E (SU 580665) and type 28a to NE (SU 585666).

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0008576

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            West Berkshire SMR (ref: 05046.02.026 - WB5604)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999 Ironside's Line

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1999/07/27 

            Field Visit, On 2000/08/19 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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