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Type 26 (variant) pillbox, wood-shuttered. Situated on beach with field of fire E/W along beach and out to sea. Upper surface of pillbox pebble-dashed for camouflage. with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/26)
Square type 26 pillbox. [Shown on OS 1:2500: SY 5485 - 5585 (1963)].
(Source: Field Visit 1996)
Square pillbox; upper-half pebble-dashed for camouflage. Height 6ft 6ins, sides 10ft, walls 18ins thick.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)
      

      

        Location
        Chesil Beach, near Old Coastguard Cottages on the Burton Road at the boundary of Abbotsbury.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Abbotsbury, Dorset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 5438 8560
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1963)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Coastal erosion (Medium Term) 
Detail: Continuing sea erosion threatens this pillbox.

        		
      

      

        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) - S0003125
         

     (5) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0003125

      

      

        Original Reference
        8533
      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, During 1996 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1998/05/26 

            Field Visit, During 2000/08 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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