More information : TA 2069 4861. `Eared' pillbox.
(for full description see TA 15 SE/35)
This World War II pillbox of the `eared' type is situated to the north end of the promenade at Hornsea. It was of reinforced concrete
construction and was intended to provide flanking fire as part of the towns anti-invasion defences. The site was plotted from aerial
photographs dated 1945, and when the site was visited by the Fortress Studies Group in 1992 it was found to be totally destroyed. (1-1a)
The monument is also visible as an upstanding structure on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. A further pillbox is visible to the north west at TA 2064 4862. Due to coastal erosion the monument no longer survives in situ. (1a)
World War 2 pillbox of the `eared¿ type is situated to the north end of the promenade at Hornsea. It was of reinforced concrete construction and was intended to provide flanking fire as part of the town¿s anti-invasion defences. Destroyed by 1992. (2)
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