Pillbox Series - Westfield Trio Mystery Cache
Pillbox Series - Westfield Trio
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In order to find the cache you will need to visit the three pillboxes (co-ords 1-3) and identify which of these 3 descriptions (A-C) describes each pillbox.
Pillbox co-ords:
1. N51 17.390 W002 27.016
2. N51 17.368 W002 27.128
3. N51 17.317 W002 27.242
Pillbox physical descriptions:
A. surrounded by large trees.
B. covered in Ivy so much it can hardly be seen.
C. fully exposed.
The cache is at N51 B(5+A).CAB W002 A((3*A)+B).AC(4*A)
These Pillboxes are part of the GHQ Stop line green.
The GHQ Line (General Headquarters Line) was a defence line built in the United Kingdom during World War II to contain an expected German invasion. The British Army had abandoned most of its equipment in France after the Dunkirk evacuation. It was therefore decided to build a static system of defensive lines around Britain, all designed to compartmentalise the country and delay the Germans long enough for more mobile forces to counter-attack. Over 50 defensive lines were constructed around Britain. After the coastal defences, the GHQ Line was the longest and most important, designed to protect London and the industrial heart of Britain and was considered to be Britain's last chance of defence.
The GHQ Line - green ran from the northern end of the Taunton Stop Line near Highbridge in Somerset, along the River Brue, across the Mendips from Wells and following the railway from Maesbury into the Wellow valley. This joined the GHQ line - blue which followed the Kennet and Avon Canal to Reading. The green line continued from Bradford-upon-Avon along the river to Malmesbury where it met the GHQ line - red which headed for Abingdon, along the Thames to Pangbourne and rejoined the blue line at Theale. The green line continued to Avening then down the valley to Framilode, thus encapsulating the strategic areas of Bristol, Avonmouth, and Sharpness. Lines A, B, and C ran in concentric circles around London, with the outer line A running south of Guildford and Aldershot being the most comprehensive. The Eastern Line ran inland of the coast from Essex to Edinburgh.
All the pillboxes are of the type FW3/24.
In May 1940, the directorate of Fortifications and Works (FW3) was set up at the War Office under the direction of Major-General G. B. O. Taylor. Its purpose was to provide a number of basic but effective pillbox designs that could be constructed by soldiers and local labour at appropriate defensive locations. In the following June and July FW3 issued six basic designs for rifle and light machine gun, designated Type 22 to Type 27. In addition, there were designs for gun emplacements suitable for either the Ordnance QF 2 pounder or the Hotchkiss 6pdr gun(designated Type 28) and a design for a hardened medium machine gun emplacement.
The type 24 pillbox is an irregular hexagon in plan. The rear wall is the longest at about 14 feet (4.3 m); this has the entrance with an embrasure on either side. The other walls vary from 7–8 feet (2.2–2.5 m), each having a single embrasure. The embrasures are suitable for rifles or light machine guns. Internally there is a Y-shaped anti-ricochet wall (the top of the Y nearest the entrance); the internal wall also helps support the roof. The type 24 was always built to at least bullet-proof standard of 12 inches (30 cm) thick, but often was thicker.
The Pillbox Series - This is a series of caches set next to Pill boxes or other gun emplacements, if you wish to add to the series please place "Pillbox Series" somewhere in the name of your cache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
vg'f orgjrra jbbq naq pbapergr, haqre fgbarf.