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An all-concrete version of the type 26 pillbox (known as a 'Stent') was sited to the S of the Old Pershore Bridge. The entrance was on the N side. The pillbox was demolished soon after the war by the Highways Authority.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/10/28)
Square structure plotted to S of Pershore old bridge on air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/04/01)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)
      

      

        Location
        On the approach road S of Pershore old bridge.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Pershore, Worcestershire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SO 9527 4509
             (Scale: 1:10000
              , 1955)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Removed

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Wilks, Mick (Hereford and Worcester Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Western Command Stop Line No 2 - Stop Line following the line of the River Avon from Tewkesbury to the neighbourhood of Coventry. 

 
 Pershore Bridge defences - The defences of the two Pershore Bridges over the River Avon.  

 
 Pershore defended locality - Defences of Pershore defended locality [ref: Worcester Sub-Area Operation Instruction No.3 Map 'A']. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26) - S0009168
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0009168

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Hereford and Worcester SMR (ref: HWCM 25096)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1946/04/01 106G/UK/1345 (fr.7321)

             1941/11/07 13T/UK767 (frs.16-17)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1997/10/28 

            Destruction, In the period 1945 1955

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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