2016

ST8806 : Defending Dorset in 1940: Blandford anti-tank island - pillbox (8)

taken 8 years ago, near to Blandford st Mary, Dorset, England

Defending Dorset in 1940: Blandford anti-tank island - pillbox (8)
Defending Dorset in 1940: Blandford anti-tank island - pillbox (8)
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Pillbox (unclassified): DoB ID: S0003143

This pillbox is just one of two such surviving structures in Blandford, this one being rather unique in having been built on top of the reinforcing wall of a 280 metre long anti-tank ditch (not apparent in this photo). The pillbox is in a private garden, and overlooks Crown Meadows, a former deer park, an area of open ground between the river and the anti-tank ditch on the western side of the town. Targeted by artillery and heavily mined, the meadows were intended to be a tank "killing ground" in the event of hostilities. Unfortunately there is no contextual view of the meadows today from the pillbox due to the overgrown foliage in front of it.

ST8806 : Defending Dorset in 1940: Blandford anti-tank island - pillbox (9)

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Photographer
Mike Searle   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 8 September, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 9 September, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 8817 0650 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:51.4733N 2:10.1666W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 8817 0650
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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