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Probably a type 22 pillbox situated on the S side of Limekiln Hill with field of fire S to beach. Brick-shuttered.
with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/26)
Standard type 22 brick-walled pillbox, with walls 19ins thick and each approx. 7ft 6ins long. Reinforced concrete roof. Interior strewn with bricks from damaged walls. Most of side walls missing, but roof intact although now balanced precariously being supported in only three places.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/05/30)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | Labour In Vain Farm, on the S side of Limekiln Hill, West Bexington. |
Area |
Puncknowle, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 5380 8624
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1982)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Very Bad |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Collapse (Immediate) Detail: The damaged pillbox is very unstable. Only one wall is intact (facing sea). The roof is balanced precariously on the remaining brickwork. Further deterioration will result from weather exposure. |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(5) - site and exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Type 22 pillboxes at SY 547858 and SY 555852. |
DOB site reference: | S0006497 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/05/26 Field Visit, On 1997/05/30 |