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Round pillbox with roof missing. Has 4 close-spaced embrasures on one side overlooking the sea.
(Source: Field Visit 1995)
Norcon pre-cast pillbox situated on hillside with field of fire S to beach and defending road from coast to Abbotsbury.
with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/26)
Circular Norcon pre-fabricated pillbox, sunk into the ground, facing S over the sea.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/18)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE CP/6/40/111) |
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Location | On high ground above Abbotsbury Beach car park to the E of Buller's Way. |
Area |
Abbotsbury, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 56097 84677
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Perry, Reg (Friends of Portland Museum) |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(1) - site view. |
DOB site reference: | S0003116 |
Original Reference | 8524 |
Reference |
1999/12 Dorset Attacked, Dorset Defended 1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Field Visit, During 1995 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/05/26 Field Visit, On 2003/01/18 |