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Pillbox, no specification.
(Source: Field Visit 1994/09/13)
Medium machine gun pillbox of local type, with two MG embrasures with exterior concrete blocks beneath them. Entrances on S and N sides (latter was blocked up, but now open). Structure cracked.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/04/30)
Irregular shaped structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1968)
Vickers machine gun emplacement at Beach Cafe, Cayton. Cassini ref. 541046.
(Source: Document 1941/05/31)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | At head of beach at Johnny Flinton's Harbour, Cayton Bay. |
Area |
Osgodby, Yorkshire, North, England |
Grid reference |
TA 06321 85122
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Cracknell, P (Fortress Study Group (20th Century Defences of Yorkshire)) |
Defence grouping |
North Yorkshire coast defences - Coastal crust and hinterland defences |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0002755 |
Original Reference | 8112 |
Reference |
1941/05/31 Operation Instruction No.4 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1994/09/13 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1994/09/13 Field Visit, During 2001 Field Visit, On 2003/04/30 |