Monument record MDO42601 - Second World War pillbox at Sopers Lane, Waterloo, Poole

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Summary

The Pillbox Study Group note that a Second World War Type FW3/22 pillbox is visible at approximately this location on RAF vertical photographs dated 1947.

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The pillbox has been removed and the area redeveloped.


Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4040 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16758.

Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e35688 (Unpublished document). SDO16685.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e35688.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4040.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 00540 94130 (point)
Map sheet SZ09SW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2025 4:22PM

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