Defence of Britain Database Anti-invasion record: S0002774

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Concrete pillbox, two large embrasures and two entrances, irregular hexagon.
(Source: Field Visit 1994/06/12)
Hexagonal medium machine gun pillbox. Concrete-faced, with two wide rectangular embrasures set with exterior concrete blocks beneath them. No embrasure at rear. Faces the sea (N). Concrete-shuttered inside. In excellent condition. Earth and grass on roof. No public access - on private land.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/04/29)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from air photograph. It faces N.
(Source: Air Photograph 1969/04/06)
Irregular-shaped structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1971)

Type of site	PILLBOX (VARIANT)
Location	On Cow Pasture Hill (one of the Speeton Hills), N of Speeton village.
Area	Reighton, Yorkshire, North, England
Grid reference	TA 15049 75015 (Scale: 1:2500 )
Period	WW2
Condition	Good
Materials	Reinforced Concrete
Recorder	Dawes, George (Pillbox Study Group)
Defence grouping	North Yorkshire coast defences - Coastal crust and hinterland defences
Photographs
DOB site reference:	S0002774
Original Reference	8136
Reference	1969/04/06 OS 69047 (fr.212)
Event	Field Visit, On 1994/06/12 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/04/29