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MONUMENT NO. 1427305

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Second World War six-sided lozenge-shaped pillbox, with a blast wall protecting the entrance on the west side. An Orlit aircraft post stands on top of it, reached by an iron ladder (see HOB UID 932200). The monument is situated on a low mound, 120 yards to the north of Seaside Lane on the west side of public footpath, and to the east of Tunstall.

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Pillbox.
A six-sided lozenge-shaped pillbox, with a blast wall protecting the entrance on the W side. An Orlit aircraft post stands on top of it, reached by an iron ladder.

LOCATION: On a low mound, 120 yards north of Seaside Lane on west side of public footpath, east of Tunstall.

The monument is also visible as upstanding structures on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. (1,2)

World War 2 lozenge shaped pillbox, with a blast wall protecting the entrance on the west side. An Orlit post (1951-1955) is mounted on top and an ROC Underground Monitoring Post. This post came into use in 1959, as Post 20/T.1, and was closed in 1968, and re-opened in 1975 as Post 20/M.2. The function of the Post was to monitor and estimate the location of any nuclear explosion, or fallout thereafter. This structure functioned as a `master post' being the only one in its `cluster' equipped with VHF communication in addition to the `andline' telephone system. The `Button' Ground Zero Indicator mounting usually mounted on the entrance hatch was in this case placed a short distance away on the wall of the associated Orlit Post. (3)

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(1) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

RAF 613E/BR174 14 24-Mar-1941

(2) Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources

The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm

(3) Externally held archive reference

Gazetteer Reference RO46, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment

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Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post, in use between 1959-1968 and 1975-1991.

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