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Large pillbox with all-round visibility through a steel-plated slot which cuts four of its six faces. The roof is supported by vertical pillars at each angle.
(Source: Article 1993)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | At the entrance to the Eastern Battery, Portland. |
Area |
Portland, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 706 735
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. Isle of Portland defences - Defences associated with the defence of the Isle of Portland. |
Photographs | (4) - general views (photocopies) |
DOB site reference: | S0006844 |
Reference |
1993/05 Pillbox Typology Part 2 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |