{"id":5407,"date":"2015-03-08T17:16:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2025-09-29T11:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:03:03","slug":"severn-estuary-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/severn-estuary-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Severn Estuary Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin Briggs from Monmouth, has kindly sent in photographs he took in the 1980\u2019s and 1990\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defence Structures are to be found on the western side of the River Severn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Type 22 Pillbox @ Magor (1987)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grid: ST 4130-8680<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note the very unusual concrete plinths that protrude above each loophole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/magor1.jpg\"><img data-dominant-color=\"736857\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #736857;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"353\" data-id=\"12371\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/magor1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12371 not-transparent\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/magor1.jpg 483w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/magor1-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Type 24 Pillbox @ Lydney<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">near Chepstow (1991)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grid: SO 6420-0140<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/lydney1.jpg\"><img data-dominant-color=\"989a92\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #989a92;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"327\" data-id=\"12374\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/lydney1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12374 not-transparent\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/lydney1.jpg 526w, 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