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On the cliffs above the beach east of Branscombe Mouth is this beach defence Pillbox Variant.

[Map ref. SY 20878 88140]

The structure faces south (172 deg.) toward the beach and is set low into the ground.  The front wall is overgrown so the number of loopholes built into it is not known.  The west wall (above) has two loopholes, one of which is overgrown.

The entrance, in the north wall, has one loophole each side of the door.  Since WWII, most of the block shuttering has been removed.

The east wall with two loopholes.

Looking back at the structure on the previous page, in centre photo.

                                                                                 

 

 

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