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3 pillboxes and a gun emplacement rising on the cliff side one above the other. One pillbox and the gun emplacement are in good condition, but the other structures are in dense undergrowth and in poor condition [These structures were also probably used in assault training for US forces].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/05/05)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX
      

      

        Location
        At Torcross, on the cliff at the S end of Slapton Beach.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Stokenham, Devon, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SX 823 419
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Coastal erosion (Medium Term) 
Detail: Coastal erosion threatens these sites.

            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: Structures deeply buried in tangled undergrowth [see photograph].

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Jury, Richard
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Devon coast defences - Defences of the Devon coastal crust. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX - S0006529
View of PILLBOX - S0006529
         

     (4) - site and exterior views (2 DIGITISED)  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Battery at SX 822416.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0006529

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/05/05 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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