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This overgrown Type 24 pillbox guards the nearby canal bridge at Charlton. 

[Map ref. ST 291265]

  

The rear of the box with concrete steps leading up to the now sealed entrance.  The rear loopholes are smaller than the standard Type 24 size.

  

Underneath the east side of Charlton bridge, four sealed chambers are still visible - in WWII these would have contained demolition charges. Two of the sealed chambers are shown in the photo above. 

 

 

  

Another Type 24, this one situated to the south of Charlton bridge just before the old canal engine house.

[Map ref. ST 288262]

  

                                                                                 

 

 

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