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Type 22 pillbox, of standard brick and concrete construction.
Dimensions:- Bricks 9.5ins x 4.5ins. Walls 19.5ins thick. Concrete roof built in 5ins horizontal bands. Internal blast wall 39ins x 45ins x 9.5ins. Internal wall width 5ft 9ins. Internal height 76ins. Concrete floor covered with flood debris. Entrance step into entrance porch and then through internal entrance, down 30ins into pillbox. 5 embrasure 15ins x 8ins, externally widening to 28ins x 14ins internally. All cast in concrete. Pistol port 7.5ins x 7.5ins externally widening to 14ins x 9ins internally. Outside 5ft of structure protruding above ground level. Brick end elevations exposed on all corners.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/01/29)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | Overlooking the weir on the River Frome near Peacock Lodge, Frampton. |
Area |
Frampton, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 6338 9450
(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. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - site location map. |
Photographs | (1) - exterior view (attached to form). |
Adjacent sites | Pillboxes at SY 63539468; SY 63769463; SY 63129496; SY 63019518; SY 63089509; SY 63369468. |
DOB site reference: | S0000077 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/01/29 |