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Remains of a type 25 pillbox on the beach below eroding cliffs. It has been broken into two major sections which lie approx. 20ft apart. The largest section has had its top section broken away from above the bottom of the embrasures. Walls are 12ins thick, and the structure has an internal diameter of approx. 6ft. Pillbox was constructed on a 9ins thick concrete base.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/11/10)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/25) |
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Location | On the beach, 400 yards E of Ringstead Village, Ringstead Bay, nr. Weymouth. |
Area |
Owermoigne, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 7584 8145
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Very Bad |
Materials | Concrete, Corrugated Iron |
Threats |
Type: Coastal erosion (Immediate) Detail: The remaining fragments of this pillbox are threatened by high tides. |
Recorder | Matthews, Graham G. |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs | (2) - attached to form. |
Adjacent sites | RAF Ringstead radar site and pillboxes at SY 74928137; SY 75088133; SY 75708145. |
DOB site reference: | S0000067 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/11/10 |