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Pillbox, now white-painted, covering Bantham Sands, with a platform to the W [for a searchlight?]. In summer it is used today as an ice-cream kiosk.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/04/21)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX
      

      

        Location
        On rocks above Bantham Sands, Bigbury on Sea.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Bigbury, Devon, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SX 6519 4415
             (Scale: 1:2500
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Coastal erosion (Long Term) 
Detail: Coastal erosion a possible threat.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Jury, Richard
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Devon coast defences - Defences of the Devon coastal crust. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - site location map.

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (2) - site views.  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Bigbury Bay defence sites - pillbox at SX 664436.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0006594

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Devon SMR (ref: SX64SE/55)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/04/21 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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