Monument record MDO42768 - Former Second World War pillbox at Custom House Quay, Weymouth
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Summary
The Pillbox Study Group list the former presence of a type FW3/22 pillbox at or about this location, visible on wartime photographs of US trpoops embarking for the D Day landings in 1944 (no photographic reference listed). No pillbox is obvious at this point on RAF vertical photographs dated November 1946, but the quality of close detail for this area is relatively poor, and it is anyway entirely possible that a pillbox could already have been removed from a working, urban rail-side/quayside position by late 1946.
Map
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Full Description
The pillbox has been removed.
Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2452-53 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13077.
Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e45012 (Unpublished document). SDO16685.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 68230 78820 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY67NE |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Oct 30 2020 2:43PM
