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Square type 26 pillbox, part buried in beach.
(Source: Field Visit 1995)
Square structure shown on OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1964)
Small square pillbox, now almost buried beneath shingle. The exterior surfaces are pebble-dashed as camouflage.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/18)

Type of site PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)
Location On seaward side of Chesil Beach, by anti-tank blocks near Swannery.
Area Abbotsbury, Dorset, England
Grid reference SY 56810 83935 (Scale: 1:2500 , 1964)
Period WW2
Condition Bad
Materials Concrete
Threats Type: Burial (Medium Term)
Detail: The pillbox is already 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) - S0003115
Adjacent sites [adjacent anti-tank blocks - see UORN 12099].
DOB site reference: S0003115
Original Reference 8523
Reference 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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