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Lydiard Green, SWINDON, SN5 3LP

Showing position of Postbox No. SN5 32. See Image] for postbox.

Postbox No. SN5 32. See Image] for context.

- Pillbox - shellproof (type FW3/22): DoB ID: S0011909 As well as the increase in wall thickness, the roof was chamfered which also had the effect of increasing the thickness of the concrete on top. Image

- Pillbox - shellproof (type FW3/22): DoB ID: S0011909 The photo is of a shellproof type 22 pillbox alongside the footpath in the centre of Lydiard Green. It's a shellproof variant of the standard bullet proof type 22 that was built simply by increasing the wall thickness. The entrance and all the embrasures have been sealed, hence its rather featureless look. It's one of a group of six shellproof defensive structures to the northeast and southwest of Lydiard Green, and is the only type 22 pillbox among five type 28A anti-tank gun emplacements. They are numbered 1 - 6 for ease of identification. https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/7eabe3a1649ffa2b3ff8c02ebfd5659f/Lydiard_Green_Pillboxes_2-original.jpg The series of photos that follow feature a group of six pillboxes to the west of Lydiard Millicent at Lydiard Green. Built in 1940/41 during WW2 in response to the threat of invasion, they formed a component part of the GHQ Red Stop Line that ran from south of Malmesbury to the west of Reading. The type 22 pillbox seen here is of a shellproof design, that is otherwise a conventional pillbox designed for infantry armed with light or heavy machine guns. The other five pillboxes are actually anti-tank gun emplacements, designed to house standard 2 pounder anti-tank guns. Image

World War II pillbox almost invisible beneath the trees beside the public footpath.

The viewpoint is the same as used in this one http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1204424 The difference is that some zoom has been applied. Lydiard Millicent is a dormitory village for the town of Swindon a few kilometres south-east of here.

Lydiard Green is the name of the road leading away east from the viewpoint into the western outskirts of the dormitory village.

- Pillbox - shellproof (type FW3/28A): DoB ID: S0011908 It can be seen that the large embrasure for the 2 pdr anti-tank gun to the right of the small loop has been blocked up, and inside, the structure has been filled with items in storage, so no interior shots possible. Image

- Pillbox - shellproof (type FW3/28A): DoB ID: S0011908 Pillbox #2 is to the south of #1 and is the first of five type 28A anti-tank gun emplacements around Lydiard Green, designed for a 2 pdr anti-tank gun firing from behind a low and wide embrasure. Like most of the type 28A pillboxes here, the gun embrasure has been sealed. Image

Heading south-west from Lydiard Green.