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Pillbox.
(Source: Report 1992/07)
Pillbox of irregular hexagonal shape, with four side by side embrasures in front (E) face. Attached loopholed blast wall. Concrete-faced. Interior access possible. Near public right of way. On S side a breeze-block wall was added, but later pulled down [purpose unknown]. An HAA Battery was later constructed close by [see UORN 16578].
(Source: Field Visit 2003/04/28)
Irregular shaped structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1976)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | Within grounds of caravan park on old hedgeline, S of Cliff Road, Atwick. |
Area |
Atwick, Yorkshire, East Riding of, England |
Grid reference |
TA 19654 50756
(Scale: 1:2500
)
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Holderness Pilot Study (Fortress Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
East Riding of Yorkshire coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0013123 |
Reference |
1992/07 Final Report on the Holderness Pilot Study, Undertaken by the Fortress Study Group Database Group (FSGDG) between the 9th and 12th April 1992 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In the period 1992/04/09 1992/04/12 Field Visit, On 2003/04/28 |