Monument record MDO42854 - Second World War pillbox, Frampton, Frampton

A Second World War Type 22 pillbox is visible as an octagonal structure on 1940s aerial photographs above a railway tunnel at Frampton. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. The structure was constructed in 1940-41 and was built of brick and concrete. A field visit in 1997 found the structure had been demolished, the bricks had been dumped in the hedgerow above the tunnel entrance.

Map evidence of location of type 22 pillbox: bricks found dumped in hedgerow above tunnel entrance. No evidence of former location found on the ground. On top of railway tunnel, Frampton. <1-3>

A Second World War Type 22 pillbox is visible as an octagonal structure on 1940s aerial photographs above a railway tunnel at Frampton (1). The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0000062 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0000062 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

1. Map evidence of location of type 22 pillbox located above the railway tunnel at Frampton.
2. Bricks found dumped in hedgerow above tunnel entrance.
3. No evidence of its former location found on the ground.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0000062 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-48, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4269-70 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16856.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1416280 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 11 2023 4:48PM