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Standard type 22 pillbox, brick-walled with reinforced concrete roof. Hexagonal, each side approx. 7ft 6ins long. Dug into slope of hillside. The side to the right of the entrance is flush against the hillside. Interior empty.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/05/29)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | Aove 'New Lane', nr. Swyre Cross, Swyre. |
Area |
Swyre, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 5250 8827
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1993)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Bragg, Stephen |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
![]() (3) - exterior views (DIGITISED).. |
DOB site reference: | S0012767 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/05/29 |