Monument record MDO42750 - Second World War anti-tank block from Burton Freshwater, Burton Bradstock

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Summary

The Pillbox Study Group note the discovery of a single pyramid-topped concrete anti-tank block at Burton Freshwater beach during erosion of the shingle storm bar by the outlet of the River Bride.

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The PSG list the block as extant, but there is no indication of the block's location or condition.Given the scouring of the beach at this point where the mouth of the Bride drastically varies its configuration, the block was almost certainly ex-situ when found. RAF vertical aerial photographs of the area dated March 1948 are unhelpful in resolving its original position and associations as the beach is over-exposed.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 09-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2475 3071-3.
  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e46692.

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Location

Grid reference SY 47850 89510 (point)
Map sheet SY48NE
Civil Parish Burton Bradstock; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 16 2020 4:37PM

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