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Type 22 pillbox on hillside overlooking Chesil Beach. Hexagonal in shape with entrance at rear, with 5 embrasures. Generally in good condition, but inside the floor surface is filled with a large amount of rubble that reduces the height to only 3ft 6ins approx. Pistol port through wall next to entrance at rear.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/30)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | At Othona, near Swyre. |
Area |
Swyre, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 5094 8830
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Matthews, Graham G. |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs | (1) - exterior view. |
DOB site reference: | S0000113 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/07/30 |