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The World War II pillbox at Vale House, located 120 metres north-east of Glasses Farm in Somerset, is a concrete defensive structure built during the Second World War as part of Britain's coastal and inland anti-invasion fortifications. Constructed in the early 1940s when German invasion was feared, the pillbox represents the widespread militarisation of the English landscape during this period. Such structures typically housed machine guns or anti-tank weapons and formed part of a network of defensive lines designed to impede any potential enemy landing or advance. The pillbox survives as a testament to the wartime engineering and strategic planning undertaken across Somerset during the critical years of the conflict.
World War II pillbox at Vale House, 120m north east of Glasses Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020726. View the official record →
The World War II pillbox at Vale House, located 120 metres north-east of Glasses Farm in Somerset, is a concrete defensive structure built during the Second World War as part of Britain's coastal and inland anti-invasion fortifications. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020726.
World War II pillbox at Vale House, 120m north east of Glasses Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020726.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ralegh's Cross (3.8 km), World War II pillbox 100m west of Ralegh's Cross Hotel (3.8 km), Raleigh's Cross iron mine, 310m south east of Heather House (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of World War II pillbox at Vale House, 120m north east of Glasses Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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World War II pillbox at Vale House, 120m north east of Glasses Farm stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.