Monument record MDO42596 - Second World War pillbox north of the B3157 Burton Road on North Hill, Burton Bradstock

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Summary

The Pillbox Study Group note that a Second World War Type FW3/22 pillbox is visible set into a hedgerow at approximately this location on RAF vertical photographs dated 1948.

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The pillbox has since been removed.


Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2475 3071-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11873.

Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e30795 (Unpublished document). SDO16685.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 09-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2475 3071-3.
  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e30795.

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Location

Grid reference SY 47940 90370 (point)
Map sheet SY49SE
Civil Parish Burton Bradstock; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2025 4:22PM

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