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Originally a 6-sided pillbox, but outside 'rounded' by weather and farming. Larger than average pillbox. 6 embrasures (2 on sea side with approx. 8ins gap; 4 on land side approx. 16ins gap]. All had steel shutters; most are gone. Walls 28ins to 36ins thick. Blast wall at door, and internal brick ricochet wall.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/03/05)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1972)
Once hexagonal pillbox which now appears circular owing to weathering. It is of a variant form, with a curving entrance way. Six embrasures. Some iron embrasure surrounds survive, with at least one surviving visor inside. Faces E, with doorway on W side. Lower half still has pebble facing camouflage. Overgrown. Access only possible when field not in crop. Interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/16)
Pillbox, the position of which is plotted from an oblique air photograph. The pillbox originally stood in a hedgerow at a point where four fields joined. The field boundaries have been removed in recent years.
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/06/27)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (VARIANT)
      

      

        Location
        Approx. 100 yards seaward side of railway line, in middle of large field.


      

      

        Area
        
 
 Dunster, Somerset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 00762 44113
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1972)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete, 
            Stone
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Astell, K.W. (West Somerset Archaeological Society)
      

      

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

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - photocopy of photograph.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (VARIANT) - S0000424
View of PILLBOX (VARIANT) - S0000424
         

     (1) - exterior view.  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Part of Dunster Beach / Blue Anchor defences.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000424

      

      

        Reference
        
             1941/06/27 ST 0044/6 (fr.049)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1996/03/05 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/16 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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