Monument record MDO17955 - Pillbox at Woodsford Castle, Woodsford

A square pillbox built into the garden wall of Woodsford Castle. It is built of brick with a concrete floor and roof. Loopholes face south, east and west.

An unusual pillbox in that it is built into the garden wall of Woodsford Castle. It has 3 embrasures in the 11ft square structure. These face S (towards Warmwell Airfield), E and W, with its entrance being from the rear (N) inside the walled garden. The middle embrasure is 24ins wide at both the inside and outside faces but only 13ins at the 'throat'. At that point it is one brick in width. The other two embrasures are positioned in the corners and are 10ins inside and 16ins at the outside. The walls are of brick construction, some 20ins thick. Unfortunately, the W wall (outer part) has fallen away exposing the inside. It has a shuttered concrete roof with smooth concrete floor.Woodsford Castle, nr. Dorchester. (1)

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0000094 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1444724 (Index). SDO14738.

Measured Survey THE DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, DEB01 (Index). SDO14738.

Defence of Britn. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Box files containing the record sheets gathered from participants in the Defence of Britain Project. The project recorded, with the help of volunteers, the remains of military structures in Britain. The collection is arranged by county and split between anti-invasion and non anti-invasion defences. The record sheets record the visible structures and include location details, structure type and purpose and include photographs.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1416309 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 6 2022 4:06PM