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Modified type 23 pillbox built into the very steep railway cutting. Brick construction with concrete roof and floor. 4 embrasures with concrete lintels over each and the entrance. Outside entrance, there is a 4ft high brick wall that has fallen over into the doorway. This was originally located on the railway side to prevent pillbox guard falling down the almost vertical embankment. Dimensions:- embrasures 15ins x 8ins outside, 20.5ins x 14ins inside. Inside height 78ins, internal walls 85ins, concrete roof laid in 5ins bands, entrance 26.5ins x 44ins, outside walls 10ft 4ins, wall thickness 19ins.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/01/30)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23)
      

      

        Location
        In the railway cutting 200 yards from sewage works, Maiden Newton.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Maiden Newton, Dorset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 6042 9708
             (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 60439720 and SY 60709646.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000076

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1997/01/30 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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