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Pillbox, with long, narrow embrasure, built on outside wall of Nothe Fort. Breeze block shuttered with reinforced concrete roof. Field of fire N into River Wey and Weymouth Bay. Has machine gun in situ [probably dummy]. [information available from Nothe Fort].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/29)
Official Name | Nothe Fort |
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Type of site | PILLBOX |
Location | On outside wall of Nothe Fort, Weymouth.
[with site location plan on form]. |
Area |
Weymouth, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 687 788
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1982)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete Block, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(2) - 1 exterior views and 1 interior views (both DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0006484 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/05/29 |