SU2763 : WW2 pillbox overlooking the Kennet & Avon Canal
near to Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, Great Britain
WW2 pillbox overlooking the Kennet & Avon Canal
This type FW3/22 pillbox now stands guard over a ploughed field and a quiet countryside but in 1940 it formed part of GHQ stop-line Blue protecting a stretch of the Kennet & Avon Canal near Great Bedwyn.
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- SU2763, 16 images (more nearby - lo-fi)
- Photographer
- Roger Davies (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Monday, 12 May, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 15 May, 2008
- Category
- Wartime relics (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SU 272 635 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:22.2000N 1:36.5787W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36: SU 273 635
- View Direction
- West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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