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Square (approx.) pillbox (9ft x 10ft) with 3 embrasures. Part of defensive system against armour coming up the Stour valley. [See p64 of work cited below].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/12/09)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)
      

      

        Location
        In garden of 9, Park Lands, Bryanston Street, Blandford Forum.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Blandford Forum, Dorset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 8833 0650
             (Scale: 1:50000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Le Bas, M.J.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Blandford anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Blandford Forum (Western Command) anti-tank island.
[GHQ and Comd: Cassini U32. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) Plan and elevation, with measurements.

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (1) - exterior view (attached to form).  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Another pillbox 100 yards away, completely buried under ivy.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000083

      

      

        Reference
        
             1995 Military Dorset Today

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/12/09 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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