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Type 23 pillbox, of standard brick and concrete construction with 4 embrasures. Dimensions, walls 78ins wide, embrasures 15ins x 7.5ins outside widening to 27.5ins x 14ins inside. Entrance - outer 28ins x 64ins, inner 26.5ins x 51ins. Concrete roof 13ins thick, slopes 12.5ins to 10.5ins over entrance. Roof has bevelled edges on two sides. Concrete floor and roof, internal height 78ins, internal walls 73ins wide.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/01/30)

Type of site PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23)
Location 200 yards E of the railway bridge at Newton Farm, Maiden Newton.
Area Maiden Newton, Dorset, England
Grid reference SY 6089 9627 (Scale: 1:2500 )
Period WW2
Condition Good
Materials Clay Brick, Concrete
Recorder Matthews, Graham G.
Defence grouping Southern Command: Dorchester Stop Line - Line runs from Yeovil to Weymouth via Dorchester and mainly along the railway line.
Maiden Newton anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Maiden Newton (50 Division) anti-tank island. [GHQ and Comd: Cassini U01. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249].
Attached Sheets (1) - site location map.
Photographs (1) - exterior view (attached to form).
Adjacent sites Pillboxes at SY 61429596 and SY 60709646.
DOB site reference: S0000074
Event Construction, In the period 1940 1941
Field Visit, On 1997/01/30


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