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Hexagonal type 22 pillbox. [Shown on OS 1:2500 sheet SY 6676 (1959)].
(Source: Field Visit 1992)
Type 22 pillbox with external blast wall - an L-shaped roofed 'porch' structure. Brick red brick shuttering. The pillbox and the 'porch' are now separate, perhaps owing to subsidence.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/07/29)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | By the shore at Ferry Bridge, W of Portland Road, East Fleet.
[with site location map drawn on form]. |
Area |
Wyke Regis, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 6634 7632
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1959)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: () Detail: Type: Coastal erosion (Medium Term) Detail: The pillbox might be threatened by coastal erosion although its footings are currently solid. |
Recorder | Perry, Reg (Friends of Portland Museum) |
Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
![]() (1) - exterior view (Kevin Briggs). DIGITISED |
DOB site reference: | S0003093 |
Original Reference | 8501 |
Event |
Field Visit, During 1992 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2001/07/29 |