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Concrete pillbox, two large embrasures and two entrances, irregular hexagon.
(Source: Field Visit 1994/06/12)
Hexagonal medium machine gun pillbox. Concrete-faced, with two wide rectangular embrasures set with exterior concrete blocks beneath them. No embrasure at rear. Faces the sea (N). Concrete-shuttered inside. In excellent condition. Earth and grass on roof. No public access - on private land.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/04/29)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from air photograph. It faces N.
(Source: Air Photograph 1969/04/06)
Irregular-shaped structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1971)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | On Cow Pasture Hill (one of the Speeton Hills), N of Speeton village. |
Area |
Reighton, Yorkshire, North, England |
Grid reference |
TA 15049 75015
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Dawes, George (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
North Yorkshire coast defences - Coastal crust and hinterland defences |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0002774 |
Original Reference | 8136 |
Reference |
1969/04/06 OS 69047 (fr.212) |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1994/06/12 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/04/29 |