Thesaurus Term/Concept: PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)

Identifier 123518
Class DEFENCE OF BRITAIN
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A square pillbox with loopholes for four Light Machine Guns and walls 18in thick. Probably designed by DFW branch 3 although it may have been adapted from an external source as Southern Command correspondece refer to the type as 'Stento'.

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Monument Type MWX1335 Chesil Beach, square type 26 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1334 Pillbox, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1353 Square Type 26 pillbox, Pirates Lane, Wyke Regis, Weymouth (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1338 Square Type 26 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1340 Type 26 pillbox on Chesil Beach, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MDO25912 World War II pillbox on Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MDO46193 World War Two pillbox on Chesil Beach, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1336 World War Two type 26 pillbox near Reeds End, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1337 World War Two Type 26 pillbox on Chesil Beach by Castle Hill Cottages, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1293 World War Two type 26 pillbox on Chesil Beach, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1333 World War Two type 26 pillbox, Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1339 World War Two Type 26 pillbox, Chesil Beach, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1332 World War Two type 26 pillbox, Shipmoor Point, Abbotsbury (Monument)