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A pillbox, no specification, with a reinforced concrete roof and breeze block wall. It faces SW on a SW slope and measures 2.2m x 2.4m.The SW 0.6m of the pillbox narrows creating three sides 1m long each with embrasures in the SW, S and W sides. These embrasures were designed to be sealed, when necessary, with concrete blocks. That to the S is still in place and has two iron lifting straps. The pillbox is entered via a concrete porch at the NE corner. The SW half of the structure has a sloping roof.
The site is in good condition on heathland.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/10)
Pillbox, with reinforced concrete roof and breeze block wall, with three embrasures which could be filled with rectangular concrete blocks (one in position, two on the floor). 6ft 6ins high at rear, and 7ft 6ins wide. Entrance, 3ft 2ins high x 2ft 4ins wide. Embrasures, 1ft 3ins wide x 10ins high.
(Source: Field Visit 1993/03/09)
Pillbox-type structure facing SSW. A sloping concrete front surmounts three long embrasures (or observation slots) which are now at ground level. Access possible, exterior and interior.This structure is probably not an anti-invasion defences pillbox, but a range observation bunker for training carried out on Studland Heath.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/19)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | Set in hillside near the top of a spur on Studland Heath. |
| Area |
Studland, Dorset, England |
| Grid reference |
SZ 02445 83810
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Concrete Block, Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Papworth, M. (The National Trust) |
| Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
| Attached Sheets | (1) - sheet with copy photographs. |
| Photographs |
(3) - copy xeroxes. |
| DOB site reference: | S0007708 |
| Associated Identifier | National Trust SMR (ref: 112411) |
| Event |
Field Visit, During 1995/10 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1993/03/09 Field Visit, On 2003/01/19 |
