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Lozenge shape infantry pillbox on edge of cliffs.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/08)
Hexagonal concrete-faced pillbox of local variant type, with its principal face with four side by side embrasures facing E along cliff top. Attached porch/blast wall on W side. Single small embrasures in the other faces, including the blast wall. On private land - no access. Now buried to embrasure level. Water inside. Earth and grass on roof.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/04/29)
Pillbox, surrounded by a trench - plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1940/07/29)
Irregular shaped structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Porch on W side. Faces E.
(Source: Map 1958)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | At edge of Middle Cliff in Low Fields, E of Reighton caravan park. |
| Area |
Reighton, Yorkshire, North, England |
| Grid reference |
TA 14761 75559
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Fair |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Coastal erosion (Immediate) Detail: Danger to pillbox from coast erosion. |
| Recorder | Storr, Ron (Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society) |
| Defence grouping |
North Yorkshire coast defences - Coastal crust and hinterland defences |
| Photographs |
(2) - general views |
| DOB site reference: | S0002807 |
| Original Reference | 8173 |
| Reference |
1940/07/29 MSO 31133 (fr.06111) |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 1995/08 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/04/29 |
