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Type 22 pillbox, shell-proof.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type 22 pillbox N of canal bank with field of fire S and SE towards Allington Bridge. Brick-shuttered exterior.
[with plan drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/22)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | Townsend Farm, The Knoll, N of Kennet and Avon Canal, All Cannings. |
Area |
All Cannings, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 058 624
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1997)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
Photographs |
(1) - exterior view (DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Type 22 pillboxes to W (SU 077625) and E (SU 056634). |
DOB site reference: | S0008736 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/08/22 |