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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) |
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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 |