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Type 24 shell-proof pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Polygonal brick-shuttered pillbox - faces SW.
(Source: Field Visit 1989/06/01)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Faces road (SW). Brick-shuttering falling away in part. Interior full of bebris. On private plantation land.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/09)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Some 60 yards E of A24 road, N of Burford Bridge. |
Area |
Mickleham, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 16951 52280
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is partly 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. Dorking Gap defences - Defences (associated with the GHQ Line) of the Dorking Gap (valley of the River Mole passing between the North Downs). |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0009436 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1989/06/01 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/12/09 |