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Naval design of pillbox on Portland Breakwater; roughly 14ft square with embrasures set across the forward corners.
(Source: Article 1993)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | Portland Breakwater. |
Area |
Portland, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 708 762
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | 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. |
DOB site reference: | S0006999 |
Reference |
Pillbox Typology Part 3: Square and Rectangular Types |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |