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Summary

The site of a pillbox

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Torbay HER: MTO21171

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLBOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.

A pillbox at Blue Waters having been anonomously reported was visited by the then County Archaeologist Simon Timms in 1983.[1] The pillbox recorded at this site had been destroyed by 1995 but some rubble remains.[2] On a later site visit in 1999 a pile of concrete rubble was visible at low level at the northern end of the beach, west of the promenade which may or may not be the pillbox remains.[3]

<1> Timms, S., 1983, Broadsands Beach North Pillbox (Personal Comment). SDV362106.

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<2> Jury, R., 1995, Broadsands Beach WW2 Defences (Personal Comment). SDV362105.

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<3> Fiorato, V.J., 1999, Broadsands Pillbox and trench system (Personal Comment). SDV362108.

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Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7759 - Site visits by R. Jury - 24 Nov 1995
• EDV7779 - Site visits by V. Fiorato: July 1999 - Feb 2000
• EDV7886 - Site Visit by S. Timms - Sept 1983

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