Monument record MWX1290 - World War Two type 22 pillbox, West Bexington, Puncknowle

A World War Two type 22 pillbox located on the coast line west at West Bexington. The pillbox was constructed in 1940-41 and is of brick and reinforced concrete. A field visit in 1997 found it to be in a very good condition. Visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs and digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.

Type 22 pillbox, brick-walled with reinforced concrete roof. Walls 19ins thick and 7ft 6ins long. Interior empty. In very good condition within and without. Elder bush growing by entrance but not threatening fabric. <1-3>

Visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs <4> and digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0012768 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0012768 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0012768 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3282-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12158.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1426921 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 12 2023 9:49AM