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Square type 26 pillbox with iron door, half buried in beach.
(Source: Field Visit 1995)
Square structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1964)
Small square pillbox on the SE side of the lines of anti-tank blocks [see UORN 12099]. Pebble-dashed exterior surfaces. Embrasures in the S and W walls. Doorway (with iron door still in place) on the N side. No opening in E wall. Interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/18)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)
      

      

        Location
        On landward side of Chesil Beach, by anti-tank blocks near Swannery.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Abbotsbury, Dorset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 56844 83960
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1964)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Burial (Medium Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is already almost part-buried and tilted at an angle.

            Type: Burial (Medium Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is already almost part-buried.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Perry, Reg (Friends of Portland Museum)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26) - S0003114
         

     (1) - exterior view (DIGITISED - Kilner).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        [adjacent lines of anti-tank cubes - UORN 12099].

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0003114

      

      

        Original Reference
        8522
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999/12 Dorset Attacked, Dorset Defended

             1940/08/05 225A/BR2 52 (frs.5-6)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, During 1995 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/18 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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