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eDoB Online Map - PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22): S0000077 (Extant)

Location: Overlooking the weir on the River Frome near Peacock Lodge, Frampton.

Condition: Good

Description: 29/01/1997 Type 22 pillbox, of standard brick and concrete construction. Dimensions: - Bricks 9. 5ins x 4. 5ins. Walls 19. 5ins thick. Concrete roof built in 5ins horizontal bands. Internal blast wall 39ins x 45ins x 9. 5ins. Internal wall width 5ft 9ins. Internal height 76ins. Concrete floor covered with flood debris. Entrance step into entrance porch and then through internal entrance, down 30ins into pillbox. 5 embrasure 15ins x 8ins, externally widening to 28ins x 14ins internally. All cast in concrete. Pistol port 7. 5ins x 7. 5ins externally widening to 14ins x 9ins internally. Outside 5ft of structure protruding above ground level. Brick end elevations exposed on all corners.

Original record text is copyright of the Council for British Archaeology.

Source: Defence of Britain Archive

Record details

EDOBID: e03106

Last Edited: 12/06/2017 10:04:02

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