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HER Number: | 11928 |
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Record Type: | Building |
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Name: | World War II Pillbox (About 150m W of Tadpole Bridge) |
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Grid Reference: | SP 332 003 |
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Parish: | BAMPTON, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE |
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Monument Type(s):
- PILLBOX (Second World War - 1940 AD to 1941 AD)
Summary
Small hexagonal concrete pillbox built on Thames bank controls Tadpole Bridge and Bampton-Buckland road.
Associated Monuments
NoneAssociated Finds:
NoneDescription
1) Field visits along GHQ line by J Steane and L Brown in June 1979. Bampton pillbox lies N of Thames, and is of small hexagonal plan; it controls the Tadpole Bridge and the Buckland-Bampton road. See article for illustration.
3) Transferred to Centre for Oxon Studies in 2010, now Oxon History Centre.
<1> CBA South Midlands Group, South Midlands Archaeology, CBA9 NL 10 (1980), pp.98-9 (Serial). SOX5.
<2> Local Informant as main provider of information, Public Record Office - WO 199 36, (1779) (Verbal communication). SOX277.
<4> HER Map Cabinet, Plans and Sections, J M Steane (1979) (Graphic material). SOX326.
Sources
<1> | CBA South Midlands Group. South Midlands Archaeology. CBA9 NL 10 (1980), pp.98-9. [Serial / SOX5] |
<2> | Local Informant as main provider of information. Public Record Office - WO 199 36, (1779). [Verbal communication / SOX277] |
<4> | HER Map Cabinet. Plans and Sections, J M Steane (1979). [Graphic material / SOX326] |
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