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Summary

Site of pillbox S.41 adjacent to cemetery overlooking Chard Road. Part of the Taunton Stop Line constructed in 1940. Visisble as a six-sided structure on aeial photographs taken in the 1940s but apparently removed by 1976.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY39NW/80

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLBOX (Built, World War II - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)

Full description

Royal Engineers, 1940, Plans of Taunton Stop Line (Cartographic). SDV325259.

Pillbox S.41 recorded on Royal Engineers survey plan.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431, 3200 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356746.

Polygonal pillbox of type FW3/24 visible on Royal Air Force aerial photograph. Faces north, adjacent to the cemetery, covering Chard Road.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3200-3201 22-JAN-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359315.

A six-sided structure is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1976, OS/76052, OS/76052 V 056 08-MAY-1976 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359311.

No structure is visible in this exact location.

Wills, H., 1985, Pillboxes. A Study of UK Defences 1940, 74 (Monograph). SDV336210.

Wills lists a polygonal pillbox of mixed construction facing north at SY305992.

Horner, B., 1994, Taunton Stop Line Survey (Personal Comment). SDV360458.

Location map in Taunton Stop Line Survey File.

Dobinson, C. S., 1998, The Taunton Stop Line. Component Listing, 4 (Report - non-specific). SDV109230.

Pillbox of type FW3/22 with 3 feet 6 inch thick walls.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A six-sided structure, up to 6 metres across, is visible on the north face of the north wall of the cemetery on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. Its location corresponds to a Second World War pillbox recorded as part of the Taunton Stop Line. It is not visible on the modern aerial imagery and seems to have been removed by 1976.
The feature has been transcribed from the Historic England Archive 1947 aerial photographs, which have been recorded here as an additional separate source because there is a possibility that the prints may have been processed differently. This would potentially result in images on which archaeological features show slightly differently.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV109230	Report - non-specific: Dobinson, C. S.. 1998. The Taunton Stop Line. Component Listing. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. AI/S/3. Photocopy. 4.
SDV325259	Cartographic: Royal Engineers. 1940. Plans of Taunton Stop Line. Royal Engineers Survey Plan circa July 1940. Unknown.
SDV336210	Monograph: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes. A Study of UK Defences 1940. Pillboxes. Hardback Volume. 74.
SDV356746	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3200.
SDV359311	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS/76052. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). OS/76052 V 056 08-MAY-1976.
SDV359315	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3200-3201 22-JAN-1948. [Mapped feature: #94493 ]
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV360458	Personal Comment: Horner, B.. 1994. Taunton Stop Line Survey. Not Applicable.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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