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

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NPRN270356
Map ReferenceSH61SW
Grid ReferenceSH6114012530
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 of blocks. This pillbox is in the best condition, closest to its original as-built configuration - brick construction, double skinned, however its internal anti-ricochet wall has been removed. The exterior has been painted white at some time, but most of the paint now flaked and weathered.

Sources include:
Defence of Britain Project (Record Number 3242 and 3244)
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.