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Pillbox on beach. Shingle has built up around the pillbox reducing its height. with location PLAN and measurements.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/07)
Pillbox on beach. Shingle has built up around the pillbox reducing its height. with location PLAN and measurements.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/08/20)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        Bossington Beach, Porlock Bay.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Porlock, Somerset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SS 893 484
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Very Bad

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Concrete, 
            Stone Pebbles
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Coastal erosion (Medium Term) 
Detail: Sea erosion is a threat to the structure.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Somerset coast defences - Defences of the Somerset coast line and immediate hinterland. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (2) - photocopy of photograph: site location plan.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0007953
         

     (4) - exterior views, and one photocopy (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Type 24 pillbox to W (SS 891483).


      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0007953

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1997/08/20 

            Field Visit, During 1996/07 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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