Monument record MWX1433 - Second World War Type 25 pillbox, Lulworth Cove, West Lulworth

A Second World War Type 25 pillbox, now sunk in the ground to embrasure height. A circular structure is visible on aerial photographs of the cliff on the western side of Lulworth Cove. It is considered likely to be the remains of the pillbox described above.

A Second World War Type 25 pillbox, now sunk in the ground to embrasure height. Corrugated-iron shuttered. The pillbox was intended to hold four men with three LMGs. Standard type 25 pillbox, situated on W side of cove on side of steep cliff, with field of fire across Lulworth Cove. Now sunken into ground. Corrugated iron shuttered. with PLAN drawn on form. <1-3>

A Second World War circular Type 25 Pillbox, facing north. <4>

A circular structure is visible on aerial photographs of the cliff on the western side of Lulworth Cove <5>. It is considered likely to be the remains of the pillbox described above. This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0006495 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0006495 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0006495 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Wills, Henry, 1985, Pillboxes A Study of UK Defences 1940 (Bibliographic reference). SDO127.

<5> Channel Coastal Observatory, 15-OCT-2010, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12622.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1420965 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2024 4:37PM