Monument record MDO23813 - White Mead Pillbox, Puddletown

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Summary

A type 22 Pillbox on the parish boundary between Puddletown and Tincleton. The pillbox is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s.

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Type 22 Pillbox at White Mead, near Dorchester. Part of the Maiden Newton-Poole Stop Line. It was originally camouflaged with a chimney (still insitu) and a galvanised roof to make it look like a house. Recorded by Graham Matthews of the Pillbox Study Group The pillbox described above was visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s. (1-2) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-APR-1847. RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4041-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2018 3018-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7632 9111 (6m by 5m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY79SE
Civil Parish Puddletown; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 13 2014 10:43AM

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