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Rectangular non-standard pillbox, with stone facing for camouflage, built into quay with field of fire N, defending approach inland from sea. 3 embrasures (2 open). Entrance blocked up. [The beach was used for D-Day practice and the pillbox may have been built for this reason].
(Source: Field Visit 1997/08/18)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | On River Torridge, at The Quay, Instow. |
Area |
Instow, Devon, England |
Grid reference |
SS 472 303
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1994)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete, Stone |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Devon coast defences - Defences of the Devon coastal crust. |
Photographs |
![]() (2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0006560 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/08/18 |