Monument record MWX1442 - World War Two pillbox, Worbarrow Bay, Tyneham

A type 25 pillbox built on the W edge of the beach exit. Dimensions, 9ft diameter, 16ins thick walls, 4ins thick roof, supported by corrugated sheeting. Structure is in very poor condition; the roof has fallen in revealing the quarter inch iron reinforcing rods. Originally 3 embrasures. However only part of one remains, 10ins high. Entrance at rear. Structure protrudes 27ins above the ground at the front elevation.
Partially demolished 'Armco' pillbox - faces S. 3 embrasures. Built into cliff slope, with entrance in ditch. Roof smashed in.

[Surrey Industrial Society record gives NGR - SY 87107983].Worbarrow Bay, near Tyneham.Partially demolished 'Armco' pillbox - faces S. 3 embrasures. Built into cliff slope, with entrance in ditch. Roof smashed in. <1>


Partially demolished 'Armco' pillbox - faces S. 3 embrasures. Built into cliff slope, with entrance in ditch. Roof smashed in. A type 25 pillbox built on the W edge of the beach exit. Dimensions, 9ft diameter, 16ins thick walls, 4ins thick roof, supported by corrugated sheeting. Structure is in very poor condition; the roof has fallen in revealing the quarter inch iron reinforcing rods. Originally 3 embrasures. However only part of one remains, 10ins high. Entrance at rear. Structure protrudes 27ins above the ground at the front elevation. <1-3>

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0003135 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0003135 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0003135 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1419129 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 12 2023 8:17AM