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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 |
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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 |
(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 |