NPRN421535
Map ReferenceSH61SW
Grid ReferenceSH6103013590
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyMerioneth
CommunityArthog
Type Of SitePILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
Period20th Century
DescriptionThere are five standard FW3/24 pattern pillboxes were 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 only evidence for the pillbox at this location are scatters of part of the foundation raft and a few fragments of red bricks.
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.