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Round pillbox with roof missing. Has 4 close-spaced embrasures on one side overlooking the sea.
(Source: Field Visit 1995)
Norcon pre-cast pillbox situated on hillside with field of fire S to beach and defending road from coast to Abbotsbury. with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/26)
Circular Norcon pre-fabricated pillbox, sunk into the ground, facing S over the sea.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/18)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE CP/6/40/111)
      

      

        Location
        On high ground above Abbotsbury Beach car park to the E of Buller's Way.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Abbotsbury, Dorset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 56097 84677
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        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 CP/6/40/111) - S0003116
View of PILLBOX (TYPE CP/6/40/111) - S0003116
         

     (1) - site view.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0003116

      

      

        Original Reference
        8524
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999/12 Dorset Attacked, Dorset Defended

             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, During 1995 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1998/05/26 

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/18 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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