Wiltshire and Swindon Historic Environment Record
Details for record number MWI31522
Type
Building
Title / Name
Pillbox, North of the River Avon
Summary
A Type 22 pillbox with porch is located north of the River Avon.
Monument Types and Dates
PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22), Second World War (1939 to 1945)
Other Details
Source Detail: Burge, T., 2012
Title: GHQ Line Defences (2011/12)
Summary: List of pillboxes located and photographed across Wiltshire Source ID: SWI26081
Description: A Type 22 pillbox with porch is located north of the River Avon.
Source Detail: Royal Air Force, 1940-50s
Title: Royal Air Force (RAF) Aerial Photography (master)
Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI26099
Description: A Second World War pillbox is visible on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. It is has since been removed. It was one of a pair which sat next to a boundary which cuts off a bend in the River Avon between Tytherton Lucas and Peckingell to the east of the Chippenham-London railway line.
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