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HER Number: | MDV123748 |
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Name: | Harbour Defence Pillbox, Berry Head Road, Brixham |
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Summary
The site of a pillbox
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 929 564 |
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Map Sheet: | SX95NW |
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Admin Area | Torbay |
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Civil Parish | Brixham |
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District | Torbay |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PILLBOX (Demolished, World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
The site of a hexagonal pillbox of a very crude construction; the large gun ports suggest pillbox type 29. The Devon SMR typesrcipt list of Defensive Sites gives the NGR erroneously as SX 928 563.There is a photocopy of a photograph in the Devon SMR.[1] The Fortress Study Group list, deposited with the Devon SMR, records this as a harbour defence pillbox, destroyed by 1994; also errroneously locating it at NGR SX 9285 5638.[2]
The pillbox was actually at SX 9292 5646; the 1967 Ordnance Survey map at 1:2500 shows a small hexagonal building at this location.[3]. The site was not located in October 1999 despite searching the quay side and the grounds of the Outward Bound Centre (previously the British Seamen's Boys Home).[4]
<1> Hellis, J., 1990, Defensive Sites (Un-published). SDV362165.
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<2> Fortress Study Group, 1994, List of Defensive Sites, JH00124 (Un-published). SDV362243.
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<3> Ordnance Survey, 1968, Ordnance Survey: Brixham 1968, SX9292 5646 (Cartographic). SDV362244.
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<4> Fiorato, V.J., 1999, Site of Brixham Harbour Pillbox (Personal Comment). SDV362245.
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Sources / Further Reading
SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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SDV362165 | Un-published: Hellis, J.. 1990. Defensive Sites. |
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SDV362243 | Un-published: Fortress Study Group. 1994. List of Defensive Sites. JH00124. |
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SDV362244 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1968. Ordnance Survey: Brixham 1968. SX9292 5646. |
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SDV362245 | Personal Comment: Fiorato, V.J.. 1999. Site of Brixham Harbour Pillbox. |
Associated Monuments
MDV39416 | Related to: PILLBOX in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7689 - Site visit by J Hellis - 11 Feb 1989
- EDV7779 - Site visits by V. Fiorato: July 1999 - Feb 2000
Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 6:38PM |
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