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A pillbox of concrete block construction and solid concrete roof. Built into the E facing slope which leads up from the beach to the Knoll House Hotel tennis courts. Similar in shape to the pillbox at SZ 03308362, it measures 3m x 3m x 1.8m. The seaward E side of the structure narrows from 3m to 2.1m and there are embrasures on the E, N and S sides of this half of the pillbox measuring 1m long by 0.3 high. The entrance is in the W side and measures 1m high and 0.6m wide. The site is becoming increasingly inaccessible due to encroachment of scrub woodland with marshy ground at the foot of the slope and nettles growing up and around it. Despite this the site is in good condition. There is a telegraph pole 10m E of the pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/10)
Pillbox built of concrete blocks of a polygonal shape at the front, but rectangular at the rear. Three large embrasures intended for medium machine gun fire. Damage to front embrasure and roof line as if it has been used for assault training purposes Faces sea (E). Access difficult, but interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/19)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (VARIANT)
      

      

        Location
        E of Knoll House Hotel, in an area of scrub and marsh, Studland.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Studland, Dorset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SZ 03366 83331
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete, 
            Concrete Block
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Papworth, M. (The National Trust)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (VARIANT) - S0007716
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0007716

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            National Trust SMR (ref: 112572)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, During 1995/10 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/19 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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