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Field gun emplacement. The front of the structure is open with gun mounting outside its cover. 2 internal steps to small chambers. Access difficult because of undergrowth. with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/26)
6ft x 6ft x 12ft wide concrete gun emplacement, with two sunken chambers (5ft x 5ft x 6ft high). Gun mounting holdfast still in position. faces out to sea - SW. The roof of the left chamber is made of corrugated iron and has deteriorated badly. The bramble hedge is growing through the roof.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08)


      

        Type of site
        GUN EMPLACEMENT
      

      

        Location
        Adjacent to the house 'White Wings' on land of Labour in Vain Farm, West Bexington.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Puncknowle, Dorset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 5407 8590
             (Scale: 1:50000
              , 1982)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete, 
            Corrugated Iron
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Deterioration (Medium Term) 
Detail: The corrugated iron roof of one of the gun chambers is deteriorating badly.

            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The structure is overgrown in part.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

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

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of GUN EMPLACEMENT - S0006493
         

     (6) - site and close-up views (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Pillboxes at SY 538863 and SY 544856.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0006493

      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1998/05/26 

            Field Visit, During 2000/08 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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