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Pillbox on top of cliff. Entrance bricked up. Sides 10ft x 10ft x 10ft x 14ft. Heavily overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/02/07)
Pillbox, with turf on its roof, commanding S end of beach [Information from M.J. Ford of M.J. Motors, Churston].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/04/13)
Stone-faced rectangular or square pillbox at top of cliff on E side of railway line. Faces NE enfilading the beach below. Very badly overgrown so that its exact shape cannot be determined or the number of embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/22)
Square pillbox structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1954)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (VARIANT)
      

      

        Location
        At the top of cliffs, on the E side of the railway line, at the S end of Hollicombe Beach, Preston.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Paignton, Torbay, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SX 89799 62190
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1954)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Concrete, 
            Stone
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Coastal erosion (Medium Term) 
Detail: The sea is undermining the base of the sandstone cliff.

            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is very overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Ford, M.J.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Devon coast defences - Defences of the Devon coastal crust. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - site location map.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (VARIANT) - S0001395
         

     (3) - exterior views.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001395

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Devon SMR (ref: SX86SE/154)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
              On Guard! 10th (Torbay) Battalion, Devon Home Guard.

              Pictures of Paignton

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1996/04/13 

            Construction, Between 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1998/02/07 

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/22 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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