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

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NPRN270355
Map ReferenceSH61SW
Grid ReferenceSH6110012130
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyMerioneth
CommunityArthog
Type Of SitePILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
There are five standard FW3/24 pillboxes set into the defensive line - one in good condition, one substantially modifiied, and three others which have been removed or demolished. This pillbox is the structure that have been substantially modified to create an open fronted beach shelter. Brick construction, double skinned, with bricked up entrance and embrasures. The internal ricochet wall has been removed. Internal height 2.12m, reinforced concrete roof 0.22m thick. Walls 440mm thick, of twin courses of brick, with 230mm concrete infill. The pillbox was painted white at one time, but the paint has now weathered.

Sources include:
Defence of Britain Project (Record Number 3243)
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.