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Monument details

Summary

Second World War pillbox located to the south of Dumpton Gap, digitised from aerial photographs.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Second World War pillbox located to the south of Dumpton Gap, mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1942.

The pillbox, located at 639293E 166163N, is a five sided structure measuring 6m in width.

It is first visible in January 1941 [1] and was mapped from photographs taken in May 1942 [2]. It is still visible in June 1980 and can be seen in aerial photographs taken by the Channel Coastal Observatory in 2008 [3].

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<4> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

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