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An excellent example of a type 25 pillbox. The interior remains undisturbed from WW2. There are 3 embrasures, 1ft square on the outside, increasing to 20ins x 15ins internally. Each embrasure has a small wooden shelf positioned under it and supported by 2 iron brackets. The eastern most embrasure shelf has remains of a sand bag still in place. A shovel can be seen lying on the floor in the water that is unable to drain from the structure. The concrete roof was cast directly on to the outer walls as the corrugated iron sheeting still remains intact inside. 4ft of the front elevation protrude from the cliff. It has been cast in situ with horizontally laid corrugated sheeting.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/11/10)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/25)
      

      

        Location
        On the cliffs 200 yards E of Ringstead village, Ringstead Bay, nr. Weymouth.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Owermoigne, Dorset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 7570 8145
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete, 
            Corrugated Iron
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Coastal erosion (Immediate) 
Detail: Pillbox is suffering from the 'rotational slip' of the cliff it is situated on; it has already moved, slipping backwards into the cliff material blocking the entrance.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Matthews, Graham G. 
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
     (1) - exterior view (attached to form).  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        RAF Ringstead radar site and pillboxes at SY 74928137; SY 75088133; SY 75848145

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000069

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/11/10 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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