The Taunton Stop Line was built in 1940, following the fall of France, as part of a series of linear anti-invasion defences planned to stop a German advance should they land on the south coast. The purpose of the Taunton Stop Line was to delay advance from the south-west. It ran across the narrowest part of the south-west peninsula from Highbridge on the Bristol Channel in the north to Axmouth on the south Devon coast. Stop Lines utilised natural obstacles such as rivers or artificial barriers such as canals and railway lines as the primary anti-tank obstacle. The Devon section of this Line principally used the River Axe for this purpose, but also used the embankments of the Southern Railway mainline. The primary anti-tank obstacle was enhanced by defensive structures including anti-tank ditches, concrete anti-tank cubes and posts, road and rail blocks, anti-tank gun emplacements, pillboxes, infantry trenches and barbed wire. See related monuments for details of individual sites, buildings and features.
Stretches of anti-tank ditches and obstacles are visible at bridgeheads, particularly around Axe Bridge.
The Taunton Stop Line was one of a series of defences put in place in 1940 to slow down any possible enemy advance across the country. Alongside the stop lines several defensive islands or hedgehogs were set up at particular locations and surrounded by pillboxes and anti tank obstacles. These were generally towns or villages that had natural defensive qualities or were strategically located.
Much of the length of the Taunton Stop Line was built on canal or railway embankments so it was an effective anti-tank barrier. The importance of the Stop Line is shown by the fact that 78 per cent of the pillboxes are the heavy Type 29. Originally 12 anti-tank islands were planned along the line but in the event only three were built. Two were in Somerset at Cogload Junction and Ilminster. The third was at Axminster.
The line, which runs from the estuary of the River Parret at Pawlette Hill in Somerset in the north to the south coast of Devon at Axmouth, is about 44 miles (71km) long with pillboxes about every 150 yards (137m).
Once the line was in place it was left. No other defences such as trenches, barbed wire or minefields were put in place. The 6pdr Hotchkiss guns were removed to the coast in September 1940, effectively marking the end of the line as a defensive structure. In the event it was only used for training purposes.
The Taunton Stop Line was a major defence system constructed in 1940 at a time when an invasion by German forces appeared to be imminent. The surviving elements of the line are thus a physical reminder of one of the most important episodes in recent English history.
The main invasion was anticipated in the southeast of England but a secondary invasion to capture the ports of the southwest peninsula and allow an advance eastwards towards London and northeast to the industrial heartland of England was also envisaged. The Taunton Stop Line was intended to seal off the southwest peninsula, holding the invading army back long enough for a counter attack to be launched. The defence line, like others across the country, was based on natural or man-made barriers such as rivers, canals and railway embankments which were strengthened by anti-tank ditches, obstacles, road blocks and pill boxes. The majority of the latter were infantry bockhouses but at strategic points there were also pill boxes for anti-tank and heavy machine guns. Infantry tenches, barbed wire and mine fields were also planned inbetween but it does not appear that these were ever built on the Taunton Stop Line.
There were also several heavily fortified towns along the Taunton Stop Line, at Chard and Ilminster in Somerset and Axminster in Devon. Their encircling defences were codenamed 'hedgehogs'.
Much of the heavy building work on the line was completed by September 1940 but by October 1940 the planned invasion had been postponed and by the summer of 1941 German attention had turned instead towards the Soviet Union. Thus the Taunton Stop Line ceased to be militarily relevant before it was finally completed. It was, therefore, never fully manned, although it was used for training exercises by both the Home Guard and the regular army.
Each element of the Stop Line was never intended to stand in isoloation. All were part of an integrated system, designed to hold back an enemy advance from the southwest and should be regarded as a coherent whole rather than as individual sites of interest. The loss of an individual pillbox for example through casual demolition or neglect diminishes our understanding of the Taunton Stop Line as a whole.
Taunton Stop Line. World War II linear defences running north-south from Bridgwater in Somerset to Axminster. The line is 71 kilometre long and includes a series of pillboxes and anti-tank obstacles and ditches.
The Taunton Stop Line ran across the narrowest part of the south-west peninsula from Highbridge on the Bristol Channel in the north to Seaton on the south Devon coast. Its purpose was to stop a German advance from the south-west, should they land on the Cornish, Devon or Somerset coasts. The Line largely followed the natural barriers of the rivers Parrett and Axe and also man-made barriers that followed the similar route such as railways and canals. Work on construction began in July 1940, largely carried out by companies from the Royal Engineers. Detailed maps of the proposed defences survive. Defence works included gun emplacements, anti-tank devices, wire entanglements together with permament road and rail blocks, the demolition of bridges and also land mines; the main purpose being the provision of a continuous anti-tank obstacle.
There were three defence areas or hubs, Weycroft and Wadbrook in Devon and Pawlett Hill in Somerset. A secondary line planned from Axminster to Lyme Regis in case of a landing at Seaton was never built.
The Stop Line was inititally manned by units from the Field Army assisted by the Home Guard but later, as defence needs changed, the Home Guard undertook responsibility for the whole, manning those defence works that were retained as part of a system in depth.
See report DA03 for full details.
Following the evacuation of Dunkerque in May 1940, a defence plan was produced for Britain to combat the threat of a German invasion of southern England. The basis of the plan was a series of fortified 'Stop Lines' to delay any such enemy advance. The main defence line in the south-west is the Taunton Stop Line. Following natural rivers and streams and the Taunton Canal, it ran from Pawlett Hill in Somerset to Seaton. About 40 miles long, the Stop Line was planned to have 293 pillboxes and 15 gun emplacements, many of which are still extant. Construction was overseen by the Royal Engineers, who divided the line into north, middle and south sections. Their drawings show that they altered and augmented those originally provided by the Home Defence Executive.
A description of 24 pillboxes between Seaton and Bridgwater.
The Taunton Stop Line was one of several defensive lines set up at strategic locations during the Second World War. The Taunton Stop Line basically ran from the Bristol Channel to the English Channel and was designed to hinder any enemy advance from the west. The Devon section followed the course of the River Axe on its eastern bank, from Seaton through Boshill, around Whitford, then followed the river and railway to the west of Axminster through Weycroft to Tytherleigh where it briefly entered Dorset before continuing up through Somerset.
The Taunton Stop Line is part of a massive defence construction programme begun following the evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940. It is one of a series of Stop Lines, lines of continuous fortifications based on natural and built obstacles. Running from Burnham on Sea on the Bristol Channel to Axmouth on the East Devon Coast it was intended to stop any enemy army landing in Devon or Cornwall from advancing towards London or the industrial midlands.
Construction began in July 1940 and it was largely complete by the September with more than 300 pillboxes, 24 miles of anti-tank ditches together with road and rail blocks, anti-tank gun positions, barbed wire entanglements and bridges rigged with demolition charges.
In the event the invasion never came, thanks to the RAF and Royal Navy's control of the air and sea, and the Stop Lines never saw active service, other than for training exercises.
A new walking and cycle trail, The Stop Line Way, which is currently begin built between Seaton and Weston Super Mare, largely follows the route of the original Stop Line.
The Devon section of the Taunton Stop Line followed the course of the River Axe and comprised a range of defence works such as pill boxes, anti tank devices and road and rail blocks. The polygon is indicative rather than an exact depiction of the extent of the defensive works. See linked monuments for information on individual features.
General Ironside's plans for the defence of Britain following the fall of France in 1940 included the provision of fortified stop lines, their purpose to cut the industrial Midlands and London off from the coast. The Taunton Stop Line was one of the major lines, the Somerset Levels being seen an ideal location from which to defend country's heartland from a German invasion and advance from the south-west peninsula.
The Line ran from the north Somerset coast near Highbridge south to Axmouth in East Devon. It utilised the river Parrett, the courses of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal and the old Taunton and Chard Canal which was re-excavated, the Great Western and Southern railways and the river Axe, supplemented with various anti-tank obstacles and pillboxes, many of which are still extant.
It was constructed in 1940 with strategic defensive 'islands' being added to strengthen it in 1941. Initially manned by the army assisted by the Home Guard, the Home Guard gradually became fully responsible for the Line as army units were withdrawn.
See book and associated monuments for more information on individual sites.
| MDV52912 | Parent of: Railblock SRL.28a to northwest of Slymlake Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV122775 | Parent of: Anti Tank Cubes adjacent to Railway by Horslears Sewage Works, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV122814 | Parent of: Anti Tank ditch at Horslears, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV128288 | Parent of: Anti Tank Ditch to south-east of Whitford Green, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV50885 | Parent of: Anti Tank Posts circa 109 metres north-west of Dragon's Mead, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV106495 | Parent of: Anti-invasion Defensive Barrier to east of Axe Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV134740 | Parent of: Anti-tank blocks by the former railway bridge, to the north-east of Axminster Sewage Works (Monument) |
| MDV58413 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Cube at Confluence of Mill Brook and River Axe (Monument) |
| MDV72476 | Parent of: Anti-tank cube by the southern weir at Weycroft Mill, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV125707 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Cubes by Nunford Bridge, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV52899 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Cubes circa 152 metres south of Axe Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV120244 | Parent of: Anti-tank cubes circa 260 metres south of Axe Bridge, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV72471 | Parent of: Anti-tank cubes north-east of Weycroft Mill, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV75612 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Cubes on East Side of Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV75613 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Cubes on East Side of Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV47883 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Defence to northeast of Axe Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV48151 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Defences to north of Whitford Bridge, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV48150 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Defences to south of Whitford Bridge, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV52910 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch (Monument) |
| MDV48159 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch around south-east side of Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48669 | Parent of: Anti-tank ditch circa circa 240 metres south of Axe Bridge, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV48676 | Parent of: Anti-tank ditch near Broome Cottage, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV52917 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch near Lower Abbey Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV123287 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch on north side of Railway to northwest of Slymlake Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV24551 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch on south side of Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48666 | Parent of: Anti-tank ditch to east of Bagley Hill Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV124267 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch to east of Kingsdon, Colyton (Monument) |
| MDV48148 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch to east of Whitford Bridge, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV48158 | Parent of: Anti-tank Ditch to north of Bow Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV47879 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch to northwest of New House Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV48153 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch to west of Ashe House, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV47878 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch to west of New House Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV48668 | Parent of: Anti-tank ditch to west of Wadbrook Coppice, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV123127 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Ditch, Woodbury Lane, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48160 | Parent of: Anti-tank ditches on the north-east side of Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV134049 | Parent of: Anti-tank earthwork on the Taunton Stop Line, west of Chard Road, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV80437 | Parent of: Anti-tank Gun Emplacement South-east of Axe Bridge, Colyton (Monument) |
| MDV120243 | Parent of: Anti-tank gun position and roadblock circa 375 metres south of Wadbrook Cross (Monument) |
| MDV120458 | Parent of: Anti-tank gun position circa 285 metres north-east of Weycroft Hall, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV120023 | Parent of: Anti-tank gun position, Fortfield, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV48671 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacle circa 90 metres south of Axe Bridge, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV119766 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacle east of Lower Coaxdon, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV119767 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacle north and south of Axe Bridge, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV117274 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacle to north-west of Mill Brook, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV50880 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacle to west of Axminster Coal Yard (Monument) |
| MDV124452 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacle(s) circa 75 metres north of Boshill Cross, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV124540 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacle, 300 metres south of Boshill Cross, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV122041 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacle, Cloakham Drive, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV123447 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacle, Whitford Road, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV50879 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles below Town Weir, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV47887 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles circa 235 metres north of Axe Bridge, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV124536 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles circa 342 metres and 349 metres northeast of Axe Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV47885 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles circa 395 metres southwest of New House Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV47886 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles circa 540 metres southwest of New House Farm, Colyton (Monument) |
| MDV49827 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles east of the River Axe (Monument) |
| MDV48163 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles north-west of Stony Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV47891 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacles north-west of Weycroft Mill, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48161 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacles on the north-east side of Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV81059 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles on west side of Musbury Road, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV49213 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacles south of Sisterhood Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48164 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles south-west of Stony Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV49428 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacles south-west of Weycroft Mill, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV47882 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles to north of Boxhill Cottages, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV117278 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacles to north-west of Mill Brook, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV117290 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacles to north-west of Mill Brook, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV50883 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacles to north-west of Mill Brook, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV120898 | Parent of: Anti-tank obstacles to the north of Axminster Town Football Club (Monument) |
| MDV49432 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Obstacles, Stony Lane, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72481 | Parent of: Anti-Tank Sockets 350 metres south of Boshill Cross, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV63104 | Parent of: Axe Bridge, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV120027 | Parent of: Axe Gates Level Crossing, Chardstock (Monument) |
| MDV45243 | Parent of: Axminster Strong Point on the Taunton Stop Line (Monument) |
| MDV125708 | Parent of: Boshill Cross Strong Point (Monument) |
| MDV49434 | Parent of: Brookhill Pillbox off Chard Street, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72490 | Parent of: Dams at Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV39421 | Parent of: Gun Emplacement at southeastern end of Axmouth Harbour (Monument) |
| MDV50323 | Parent of: Infantry Trench to north-east of Horslears Sewage Works, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52933 | Parent of: Millbrook Pillboxes, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV39424 | Parent of: Pillbox 125 metres east of Whitford Bridge, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV52905 | Parent of: Pillbox 190 metres southeast of Axminster Sewage Works (Monument) |
| MDV39423 | Parent of: Pillbox 195 metres north-east of Whitford Bridge, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV39418 | Parent of: Pillbox at Boshill Cross, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV119765 | Parent of: Pillbox at Bagley Hill Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV47877 | Parent of: Pillbox circa 170 metres northeast of Waterford Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV39419 | Parent of: Pillbox circa 207 metres southeast of Waterford Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV48146 | Parent of: Pillbox circa 250 metres north of Waterford Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV119750 | Parent of: Pillbox east of Cement Works, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV119031 | Parent of: Pillbox north of Cloakham Lawn, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52942 | Parent of: Pillbox north-east of Lower Coaxdon, All Saints (Monument) |
| MDV52925 | Parent of: Pillbox on west side of Stony Lane, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52906 | Parent of: Pillbox on Wyke Road, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52937 | Parent of: Pillbox S.16 to north-east of Broome Cottage, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV48679 | Parent of: Pillbox S.17 circa 246 metres north-east of Wadbrook Cross, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV52938 | Parent of: Pillbox S.18 circa 223 metres north-west of Wadbrook Cross, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV52940 | Parent of: Pillbox S.19 at Wadbrook Farm, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV48672 | Parent of: Pillbox S.21 circa 150 metres south-west of Wadbrook Cross, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV48670 | Parent of: Pillbox S.23 circa 285 metres south of Axe Bridge, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV48675 | Parent of: Pillbox S.29 circa 365 metres to north-east of Weycroft Hall, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72474 | Parent of: Pillbox S.30 to east of Weycroft Mill Weirs, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52930 | Parent of: Pillbox S.33 to east of Weycroft Mill, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV49436 | Parent of: Pillbox S.34, 210 metres west of Weycroft Mill, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52927 | Parent of: Pillbox S.35 about 200 metres south-west of Weycroft Mill, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52929 | Parent of: Pillbox S.37 about 128 metres north of Axminster Town Football Club (Monument) |
| MDV48145 | Parent of: Pillbox S.38 to the north-east of Mill Brook, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48165 | Parent of: Pillbox S.39 to south of Mill Brook, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48168 | Parent of: Pillbox S.40 to south of Ashbrook, west of Willhays Lane, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52935 | Parent of: Pillbox S.41 to north of the Cemetery, Chard Road, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52934 | Parent of: Pillbox S.41a, Cloakham Lawn, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV50878 | Parent of: Pillbox S.43 near Town Weir, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV50881 | Parent of: Pillbox S.44 south-west of Stony Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52931 | Parent of: Pillbox S.44a to east of Lyme Close, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV50877 | Parent of: Pillbox S.45 to north east of railway station, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52923 | Parent of: Pillbox S.46 206 metres south-east of Bow Bridge, Axminster. (Monument) |
| MDV48157 | Parent of: Pillbox S.47 to west of Factories on west side of Musbury Road (Monument) |
| MDV42342 | Parent of: Pillbox S.48 adjacent to Horslears Sewage Works, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV39426 | Parent of: Pillbox S.51 to west of Higher Abbey Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV24546 | Parent of: Pillbox S.51a to north-west of Lower Abbey Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52921 | Parent of: Pillbox S.52 to south-west of Higher Abbey Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52916 | Parent of: Pillbox S.53 to north of Slymlake Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52914 | Parent of: Pillbox S.54 to west of Slymlake Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52911 | Parent of: Pillbox S.55 circa 270 metres southwest of Slymlake Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48155 | Parent of: Pillbox S.58 450 metres south-southeast of Bridge Meadow, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV49524 | Parent of: Pillbox S.59 circa 400 metres south of Bridge Meadow, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV48154 | Parent of: Pillbox S.61 circa 430 metres southeast of Woodhayne Farm, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV39425 | Parent of: Pillbox S.62, 490 metres north of Millands Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV48152 | Parent of: Pillbox S.63, 388 metres north-west of Millands Farm, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV52904 | Parent of: Pillbox S.65 circa 200 metres east of Whitford Bridge, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV52903 | Parent of: Pillbox S.66 circa 70 metres south of Whitford Bridge, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV39422 | Parent of: Pillbox S.67, circa 275 metres south of Whitford Bridge, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV39367 | Parent of: Pillbox S.69 circa 400 metres southwest of Waterford Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV72423 | Parent of: Pillbox S.70 circa 440 metres northwest of Spillers Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV47884 | Parent of: Pillbox S.71 circa 530 metres west-northwest of Spillers Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV39366 | Parent of: Pillbox S.72 circa 290 metres northwest of New House Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV39364 | Parent of: Pillbox S.74 circa 300 metres southwest of New House Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV39360 | Parent of: Pillbox S.75 550 metres north of the A3052, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV39363 | Parent of: Pillbox S.75.a circa 440 metres southwest of New House Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV39357 | Parent of: Pillbox S.76 circa 190 metres north-northeast of Axe Bridge, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV39359 | Parent of: Pillbox S.77 180 metres north-east of Axe Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV39362 | Parent of: Pillbox S.78 to east of Axe Bridge, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV72424 | Parent of: Pillbox S.80 200 metres south of Boshill Cross, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV39358 | Parent of: Pillbox S.81 circa 252 metres south-southeast of Axe Bridge, Colyton (Monument) |
| MDV39354 | Parent of: Pillbox S.82 circa 229 metres east of Gin Bottle Hole, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV39352 | Parent of: Pillbox S.83 to north of Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV39353 | Parent of: Pillbox S.84 to east of Axe Marsh, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV49424 | Parent of: Pillbox S.85 to north-northwest of Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV39351 | Parent of: Pillbox S.86, Millmead, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV39350 | Parent of: Pillbox S.87 to south of Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV52900 | Parent of: Pillbox S.88 circa 325 metres north of Squires Lane, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV72422 | Parent of: Pillbox S.89 circa 340 metres north of Squires Lane, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV47889 | Parent of: Pillbox S.90 circa 87 metres north of Squires Lane, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV39349 | Parent of: Pillbox S.91 on driveway to Havencliffe House, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV72426 | Parent of: Pillbox S.92 to south of Havencliffe House, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV72425 | Parent of: Pillbox S.93 to north of Axmouth Harbour (Monument) |
| MDV50876 | Parent of: Pillbox S.AT.601 48 metres south of Bow Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48677 | Parent of: Pillbox S.V.1 to north-west of Fortfield, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV52902 | Parent of: Pillbox S.V.12 opposite South Cross Cottages, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV55049 | Parent of: Pillbox S.V.15 circa 324 metres north of Squires Lane, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV48678 | Parent of: Pillbox S.V.2 to south-west of Fortfield, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV48673 | Parent of: Pillbox S.V.3 circa 326 metres metres south-east of Wadbrook Cross, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV48674 | Parent of: Pillbox S.V.4 circa 362 metres south-east of Wadbrook Cross, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV39365 | Parent of: Pillbox S73 circa 190 metres west northwest of New House Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV39374 | Parent of: Pillbox south-west of Bagley Hill Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52919 | Parent of: Pillbox SV.10 to south of Higher Abbey Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV39373 | Parent of: Pillbox SV.5 circa 470 metres north-east of Weycroft Hall, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV39372 | Parent of: Pillbox SV.6 circa 425 metres north-east of Weycroft Hall, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV42343 | Parent of: Pillbox SV.7 at Horslears Sewage Works, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV24545 | Parent of: Pillbox SV.8 to north-west of Lower Abbey Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52920 | Parent of: Pillbox SV.9 to south-west of Higher Abbey Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48167 | Parent of: Pillbox T125, Morton Way, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52909 | Parent of: Pillbox to north of Whitford Bridge, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV50884 | Parent of: Pillbox to north-east of Mill Brook, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52941 | Parent of: Pillbox to north-west of Bagley Hill Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48147 | Parent of: Pillbox to southeast of Whitford Bridge, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV48667 | Parent of: Pillbox to west of Wadbrook Coppice, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV52922 | Parent of: Pillbox, Lyme Close, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52907 | Parent of: Pillbox, Woodbury Lane, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52932 | Parent of: Pillboxes S.45a and S.46a, Tigers Way, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV117217 | Parent of: Possible Anti-tank Obstacle north-east of Bow Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV117218 | Parent of: Possible Anti-tank Obstacle north-east of Stony Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV119768 | Parent of: Possible Pillbox north of Axe Crossing, All Saints (Monument) |
| MDV119169 | Parent of: Possible Pillbox north of Higher Folly Mead Coppice, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV119034 | Parent of: Possible Pillbox north of Millbrook, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV119769 | Parent of: Possible Pillbox south of Wadbrook Farm, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV119709 | Parent of: Possible pillbox west of Cornshay, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV119749 | Parent of: Possible pillbox west of Pineywood Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52908 | Parent of: Possible Pillbox, Foxhill, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52939 | Parent of: Railblock S.RL. 26 to north-west of Wadbrook Farm, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV52928 | Parent of: Railblock S.RL.27 to the west of Weycroft, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72473 | Parent of: Railblock S.Rl.27.a, 147 metres north of Axminster Town Football Club (Monument) |
| MDV52918 | Parent of: Railblock SRL.28 to west of Higher Abbey Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV50875 | Parent of: Railblock to east of Musbury Road, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72489 | Parent of: Railblock to the north-east of Broom, Chardstock (Monument) |
| MDV49214 | Parent of: Road Block SRD.60 at west end of Bow Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV77283 | Parent of: Road Block, Morton Way, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV120024 | Parent of: Roadblock at Damas Lawn Bridge, Thorncombe (Monument) |
| MDV120456 | Parent of: Roadblock C.55, Lodge Lane, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV49215 | Parent of: Roadblock on north-east side of Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72486 | Parent of: Roadblock S.R.d.65 to east of Whitford Bridge, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV48681 | Parent of: Roadblock S.RD 48 at Broom Bridge, Chardstock (Monument) |
| MDV48680 | Parent of: Roadblock S.RD. 51 at Axe Bridge to the south-west of Wadbrook (Monument) |
| MDV72485 | Parent of: Roadblock S.Rd.134, Lyme Road, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48664 | Parent of: Roadblock S.Rd.53 at Coaxdon Cottages, All Saints (Monument) |
| MDV72482 | Parent of: Roadblock S.Rd.53a 30 metres north of railway bridge on Chard Lane, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72477 | Parent of: Roadblock S.Rd.54, Weycroft Bridge, All Saints (Monument) |
| MDV72470 | Parent of: Roadblock S.Rd.56 at Weycroft, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV50882 | Parent of: Roadblock S.RD.57 to north of Mill Brook, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72483 | Parent of: Roadblock S.Rd.58, Chard Road, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72484 | Parent of: Roadblock S.Rd.59 at Stony Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV72487 | Parent of: Roadblock S.Rd.68 at Boshill Cross, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV72488 | Parent of: Roadblock S.RD.69 on Axe Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV72463 | Parent of: Roadblock S.Rd.70, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV72464 | Parent of: Roadblock S.RD.71 at east end of Axmouth Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV120025 | Parent of: Roadblock to south of Fortfield, Hawkchurch (Monument) |
| MDV42344 | Parent of: S.A/T.602 Anti-Tank Gun Emplacement, next to Horslears Sewage Works, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV48156 | Parent of: Shoals Pillbox, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV39356 | Parent of: Vickers Machine Gun Emplacement S.V.13, circa 194 metres southeast of Hedge Corner, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV52898 | Parent of: Vickers Machine Gun Emplacement S.V.14 circa 229 metres southeast of Hedge Corner, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV119869 | Parent of: Wadbrook Defence Area on the Taunton Stop Line (Monument) |
| MDV49435 | Parent of: Weycroft anti-tank ditch, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV120385 | Parent of: Weycroft Defence Area on the Taunton Stop Line (Monument) |
| MDV106479 | Related to: Agricultural or Military Enclosure West of Stedcombe Lodge, Axmouth (Monument) |
| MDV28718 | Related to: Axe Bridge, Colyton (Monument) |
| MDV11400 | Related to: Axmouth Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV117295 | Related to: Military Base to north of Lime Road, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV52926 | Related to: Pillbox about 152 metres north-east of Axminster Town Football Club (Monument) |
| MDV52915 | Related to: Pillbox circa 485 metres south of Bridge Meadow, Shute (Monument) |
| MDV39420 | Related to: Pillbox on Seaton Marshes (Monument) |
| MDV119012 | Related to: Pillbox on the railway line south-east of Sisterhood Farm, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV106485 | Related to: Pillbox South of Boshill Cross (Monument) |
| MDV117333 | Related to: Possible Flood or Military Defences north-west of Stony Bridge, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV119648 | Related to: Rectilinear Enclosure north of Coaxdon, All Saints (Monument) |
| MDV24804 | Related to: Stony Lane, Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV73746 | Related to: Waterford Farm, Musbury (Monument) |
| MDV17622 | Related to: Weycroft Mill, Axminster (Building) |