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Builth Wells, Coed Chwefri Vickers machine gun emplacement

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 110461
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Cilmery
Unitary authority : Powys
NGR : SO03065117
Site Type (preferred type first) : MODERN PILLBOX
Status : scheduled monument

Summary :
Scheduled concrete pillbox.

Description :
Scheduled pillbox (Cadw, 2008).

One pillbox designed for site and made from concrete. Facing north-east, (Wills, H. 1985).

Pillbox has three embrasures for Vickers Machine Guns (Council for British Archaeology, 2002).

Sources :
Cadw , 2008 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - BR399(POW)
Cadw , 2008 , Scheduling map - Br399(POW)
Council for British Archaeology , 2002 , Defence of Britain Project Anti-Invasion Database (2002) ( © )
Wills, Henry , 1985 , Pillboxes. A Study of UK Defences 1940

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Compiled date : 02-03-2011


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March 30, 2025, 6:23 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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