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Brick-built, single storey pillbox, with flat concrete roof on which at one side a defence position is built. 4 x large embrasures, which have been bricked up to form smaller ones. Steel ladder at doorway to roof. The pillbox is at the NW corner of the site.
[See also UORN 12480 for plans and elevations].
(Source: Field Visit 1995/09/10)
Official Name | RAF Bempton C.H.L. Radar Station |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
Location | Bempton Grange, Bempton. |
Area |
Bempton, Yorkshire, East Riding of, England |
Grid reference |
TA 1908 7372
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Dawes, George (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
RAF Bempton C.H.L. Radar Station defences - Ground defences of the Chain Home Radar Station at Bempton, North Yorkshire. |
Attached Sheets | (4) - information on the radar station. |
Photographs | (1) - exterior view. |
Adjacent sites | [See UORN 12480]. |
DOB site reference: | S0012481 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/09/10 |