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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
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Pillbox, unknown type: now DESTROYED (approx. 1958-60) for building of chalets (in 1940 these had been demolished for its construction). Two attempts were made to blow up the pillbox, but finally it had to be demolished by hand.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/10/11)
A concrete plinth is all that remains of a square pillbox facing approx S. It was camouflaged with a ridge roof with a gable over the doorway, which faced seawards. A hatch provided access into roof void and the walls were green timber cladding over shuttered concrete. There were single loopholes with steel visors on all 3 main faces and one either side of the doorway on 4th face. Similar in design to PRN 35381 at Blue Anchor. {1}
(Source: SMR )
Pillbox seen on oblique air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/06/27)
| Type of site | PILLBOX |
|---|---|
| Location | On Dunster Beach, at site of chalets 15 and 16. |
| Area |
Dunster, Somerset, England |
| Grid reference |
ST 0011 4486
(Scale: 1:25000
, )
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Removed |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Astell, K.W. (West Somerset Archaeological Society) |
| Defence grouping |
Somerset coast defences - Defences of the Somerset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
| Adjacent sites | Part of coastal defences including other pillboxes. |
| DOB site reference: | S0003020 |
| Associated Identifier | Somerset SMR (ref: 16672) |
| Original Reference | 8417 |
| Reference |
1941/06/27 ST 0044/9 (fr.052) |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 1995/10/11 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Destruction, In the period 1958 1960 |
