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6ft x 6ft x 12ft (wide) covered concrete work, probably gun emplacement, with two sunken rooms (5ft x 5ft x 6ft (high). The site faces NW, parallel with the beach rather than directly out to sea. Overgrown with brambles.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/07/30)
Type of site | GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | On coast at Tenarisk Farm,, West Bexington. |
Area |
Puncknowle, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 5312 8673
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1993)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Corrugated Iron, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The site is very overgrown. |
Recorder | Bragg, Stephen |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(7) - 5 exterior, 2 interior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0012771 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/07/30 |