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Summary

Recorded site of a Second World War pillbox at Dawlish Warren. A small square structure is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s close to this location, but it is not confidently interpreted as a pillbox.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1429453
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97NE/43

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT? (Unknown date)
• (Former Type) PILLBOX? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV2244.

Vis=21/11/1995 (horner + dick) no trace of pillbox; now area occupied by groundsman's huts and equipment. The pillbox appears on an ap of 1974, but not on one of 1985 (horner).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV281199.

Des=hellis, j. /ms list of defensive sites(1990)/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV281200.

Des=horner, w. /(29/11/1995)/note in pf.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV281201.

Aph=cartographical services/440/1:3000/(29/8/1974)/with warren warden service.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV281202.

Aph=cartographical services/1243/1:3000/(24/9/19i85)/with warren warden service.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV84920.

Vis=estimated -/-/1988 (hellis). Pillbox of local design. The club secretary said that this pillbox was identical to sx981-787-, probably with the same 'wavy' pattern roof. The marks in the soil suggest that the information is correct (hellis).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 3044-3045 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

A small square structure is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CAL/UK/16, RAF/CAL/UK/16 0007-0008 07-MAY-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352650.

A small square structure is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A square structure is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s, centred on circa SX 97957887. This may be the structure recorded as a possible pillbox. At approximately four metres square it is almost half the size of pillbox MDV39320 with which it has been compared. It also appears to have had an entrance facing the golf course which would limit its defensive capability. It is probable that this was a structure associated with the golf course and is not in fact a pillbox. As such it has not been transcribed.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV2244	Migrated Record:
SDV281199	Migrated Record:
SDV281200	Migrated Record:
SDV281201	Aerial Photograph:
SDV281202	Aerial Photograph:
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 3044-3045 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #90235 ]
SDV352650	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CAL/UK/16. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CAL/UK/16 0007-0008 07-MAY-1948.
SDV84920	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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