Type

Building

Title / Name

WWII Pillbox on the Kennet and Avon Canal

Summary

Second World War square pillbox forming part of a stop line along the length of the Kennet and Avon Canal.

PILLBOX, Second World War (1939 to 1945)

Source Detail: Wills, H., 1940-1977

Title: Gazetteer of Defence Sites from the Henry Wills Collection

Summary: HE archive reference: HEW01 Source ID: SWI26101

Description: Second World War square pillbox forming part of a stop line along the length of the Kennet and Avon Canal.

Source Detail: Last, J. + Carpenter, E. + Evans, S., 2016

Title: West Wiltshire National Archaeological Identification Survey Lowland Pilot Project Report

Summary: Research Report - This report describes the results of the National Archaeological Identification Survey Pilot Project: West Wiltshire (A350 corridor), which comprised interpretation and mapping of air photographs and lidar, analytical field survey, geophysical survey, excavation and palaeoenvironmental study. The project covered an area of 199 sq km in west Wiltshire between Chippenham and Trowbridge, centred on the Avon valley and the A350 road corridor. Source ID: SWI27877

Additional Information: Historic England 38-2016

Description: Second World War defences can be seen to the south-west of Melksham, along the southern bank of the Avon, in Whaddon and at strategic points along the Kennet and Avon canal. These include pillboxes and road blocks, some of which survive. The defences were part of the anti-invasion GHQ Line Green and GHQ Line Blue and formed the Whaddon Defence Area.

Source Detail: Historic England, Various

Title: National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) Entry

Summary: Data held by the NRHE database. The data is made available and licenced under the Open Government Licence version 3. Source ID: SWI29488