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Pillbox (type 24 shell proof): eight-sided, 7 embrasures, all with metal shutters intact; each side 8 feet across, height of stone walls 8 feet 6 inches. Inside brick ricochet wall. Outside wall 2 feet thick. With original 'permanent' camouflage in excellent condition; slate roof, wood gable ends. Inland from coast; close to rail line and Dunster Station. with PLANS
(Source: Field Visit 1996/02/19)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        At Higher Marsh Farm, in corner of field, seaward side of Fary: landward end of Sea Lane.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Dunster, Somerset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SS 9936 4460
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Stone, 
            Wood
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Astell, K.W. (West Somerset Archaeological Society)
      

      

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

 
 Blue Anchor Bay - Defence Localities Nos. 2, 3, and 5 - Defences of Blue Anchor Bay, Somerset. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - photocopy of photograph.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0001565
         

     (1) - photocopy  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Possibly originally two more pillboxes in the area, now destroyed.


      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001565

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Somerset SMR (ref: 17637)
        
      

      

        Original Reference
        6877
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1996/02/19 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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