Monument record MDO42901 - Second World War pillbox, Maiden Newton

A Second World War Type 23 pillbox is visible as an L-shaped structure on 1940s aerial photographs on the western railway embankment at Maiden Newton. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Type 23 pillbox, constructed of brick walls with concrete roof [access to site is via the rear gardens of houses in Frome View].Behind houses and street 'Frome View', on railway embankment, nr. Maiden Newton. The structure was recorded in good condition in 1997. <1-3>

A Second World War Type 23 pillbox is visible as an L-shaped structure on 1940s aerial photographs <4> on the western railway embankment at Maiden Newton (1). The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. The pillbox is under trees and not visible on current Google Earth imagery.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0000061 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0000061 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

1. Type 23 pillbox situated on the railway embankment behind 'Frome View'.
2. Constructed of brick walls with concrete roof.
3. Access to site is via the rear gardens of the houses in Frome view.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0000061 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-48, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4276-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16872.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1416279 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 12 2023 8:05AM