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Type 22 pillbox, co-located with anti-tank blocks. 6 embrasures with internal T shaped anti-ricochet wall (38ins x 48ins x 9ins). Brick wall construction with concrete roof cast above in 5ins wide bands: roof 10ins thick. Entrance, external 28ins wide, 6ft high: internal 27ins wide by 4ft high. Walls 19ins thick (2 bricks end to end). Internal height, 6ft 6ins. External wall length 68ins. Bricks protrude at end of elevations. Embrasures, internal 27ins wide x 17ins high: external 15ins wide x 9.5ins high.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/01/27)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | On the railway embankment at the end of Bull Lane, Maiden Newton. |
Area |
Maiden Newton, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 6009 9784
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Matthews, Graham G. |
Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Dorchester Stop Line - Line runs from Yeovil to Weymouth via Dorchester and mainly along the railway line. Maiden Newton anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Maiden Newton (50 Division) anti-tank island. [GHQ and Comd: Cassini U01. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - site location map |
Photographs | (1) - exterior view (attached to form) |
Adjacent sites | Anti-tank obstacles at SY 60089783 |
DOB site reference: | S0000057 |
Reference |
1999/12 Dorset Attacked, Dorset Defended |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/01/27 |