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Pillbox in poor condition [cannot be entered]. 5 embrasures, some with metal flaps still present. Concrete base and lower parts of walls. Concrete pillars and earth and beach stone infill. Concrete and earth on top.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/03/05)
Pillbox built with brick shuttering which is still in place. Faces N. Viewed from distance. No public access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/16)
An very unusual variant of type FW3/24 greatly extended with two internal baffles. Brick built and infilled with cob.
(Source: SMR )


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX
      

      

        Location
        In hedgerow S of railway line near Kitrow Copse, S of Dunster Beach.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Dunster, Somerset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 0085 4366
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Corrugated Iron, 
            Reinforced Concrete, 
            Stone
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Deterioration (Long Term) 
Detail: General deterioration of overgrown site.

        		
      

      

        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
        
     (1) - exterior view.  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Part of Dunster Beach / Blue Anchor defences.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000432

      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1996/03/05 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/16 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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