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eDoB Online Map - PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/25): S0000129 (Extant)

Location: Built into the shingle near the hard, on the N side of Peveril Point Road, Swanage (at the foot of Wellington Tower).

Condition: Good

Description: 10/07/1997 Circular pillbox with horizontal concrete shuttering, built in four sections. 4 embrasures, 2 of which on S and SW sides have been blocked with concrete. Flat concrete shuttering top. The 2 embrasures facing E and SE measure 2ft 7ins x 12ins at the outer edge, with a 9ins sill and inside 11ins lintel. Thickness of wall 1ft. 25/08/1989 Circular concrete Armco pillbox - faces NE (30 degrees). Concrete, with corrugated iron used as shuttering but removed. 2 embrasures (NE & E) , the third filled with concrete during construction. In good condition but filled with earth and entrance blocked.

EDoB Update: Visible in Google Earth. Location adjusted. Site visit.

Original record text is copyright of the Council for British Archaeology.

Source: Defence of Britain Archive

Record details

EDOBID: e06060

Last Edited: 30/05/2019 13:25:11

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