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Type 26 (variant - no rear embrasure) situated on beach with field of fire along beach E/W and out to sea. Upper surface of pillbox is pebble-dashed for camouflage. Wood-shuttered.
with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/26)
Square pillbox, half pebble-dashed (camouflage). 7ft 6ins tall; sides 10ft long; walls 18ins thick. Constructed on concrete plinth 12ft x 12ft x 12ins (thick). Four retaining bolts on roof at front.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26) |
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Location | Chesil Beach, below East Bexington Farm. |
Area |
Abbotsbury, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 5442 8551
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1982)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete, Wood |
Threats |
Type: Coastal erosion (Medium Term) Detail: Sea erosion threatens pillbox. |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(9) - exterior views and close-ups (2 DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Type 22 pillboxes at SY 547858 and SY 555852. |
DOB site reference: | S0006496 |
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 |