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Pillbox (Type Fw3-24), Fairbourne Anti-Invasion Defences

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NPRN270353
Map ReferenceSH61SW
Grid ReferenceSH6109013070
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyMerioneth
CommunityArthog
Type Of SitePILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
There are five standard FW3/24 pattern pillboxes set into the defensive line - one is in good condition, one substantially modified, with feint traces of other three still to be discerned at their former locations. The pillbox that formerly stood at this location defended access to the road, which runs behind the shingle ridge, as the road turns inland. Only the concrete raft foundation remains insitu. Scattered nearby are a portion of broken brickwork and a section of the concrete roof.

Sources include:
Defence of Britain Project (Record Number 3242)
Parry, M, 2013, World War II Defences of the Shores of the Mawddach Estuary, RCAHMW Collections
Redfern, N I, 1998, 20th Century Fortifications in the United Kingdom Vol II, Site Gazetteers Wales, Council for British Archaeology
Ruddy, A J, 203. British Anti-Invasion Defences 1940-1945, pg4-6
Wills, H and Cooper, L, 1985, Pillboxes - A Study of UK Defences

RCAHMW Aerial Photographic Collections:
RAF 106G/UK/1468, Neg Nos: 2202. 6201-2
RAF 540/373, Neg Nos 120-127
RAf 540/394
Ordnance Survey 76-120, Neg Nos 024-027

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, March 2016.