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Summary
Gun emplacement. Note brickwork "crenelations" (in simulation of ruined building?)
Just south of Waverley Mill Bridge.
OS reference SU870455 archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Photographed by me (Gaius Cornelius) on 19-Mar-06.
According to Cruickshank, this emplacement is a type 28 pillbox modified to take a WWI vintage 13-pounder field gun issued with 25 rounds of solid shot intended for use against armoured vehicles.
- Cruickshank, Dan. Invasion -- Defending Britain from Attack. Boxtree, 2001 ISBN 0752220292.
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| current | 19:38, 29 June 2006 | | 1,600 × 1,200 (646 KB) | Gaius Cornelius | Gun emplacement. Just south of Waverley Mill Bridge. OS reference [http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=SU870455 SU870455] Photographed by me (Gaius Cornelius) on 19-Mar-06. |
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