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Pillbox
Hob Uid: 929725
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Easington
Grid Ref : TA4143216286
Summary : Pillbox, trench and associated trackway, Easington. This pillbox, linked to the Godwin Battery by a tunnel (TA41NW34), is situated on high ground to the north west of the battery (now Sandy Beaches caravan site). The position is of concrete construction and has a wide opening and a concrete roof.
More information : (TA 4138 1620) Pillbox, Kilnsea. This pillbox, linked to the Godwin Battery by a tunnel (TA 41 NW 34), is situated on high ground to the north west of the battery (now Sandy Beaches caravan site). The position is of concrete construction and has a wide opening and a concrete roof. The site was visited by the Fortress Studies Group in 1992 during the Holderness Survey. The FSG found the site to be good condition and felt it to be at little or no risk.(1) The site was visited by R.Thomas in Febuary 1995, he found the site to be in good condition.(2) The monument is also visible as upstanding structures and earthworks on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. The pillbox is surrounded by an extensive barbed wire fence and has associated trackways. An infantry trench is visible to the east (UID 930187). (3) Pillbox, Kilnsea. (4) World War 2 pillbox, linked to the Godwin Battery by a tunnel, situated on high ground to the northwest of the battery (now Sandy Beaches caravan site). The position is of concrete construction and has a wide opening and a concrete roof. The pillbox is surrounded by an extensive barbed wire fence and has associated trackways. In good condition in 1995. (5) Pillbox visible on WW1 (1917) aerial photographs, re-used in WW2 when a communication trench was remodelled and barbed wire put up. (6)

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Source details : Roger Thomas/12-APR-1992/FSG,RCHME:Holderness Survey
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Source details : Field Investigator: R.Thomas 17-FEB-1995
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : RAF 613A/UK563 11 10-OCT-1940
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : 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
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference EA175, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Email correspondence 06-FEB-2015. Aerial photos from RAF of Godwin battery at Kilnsea and tip of Spurn point, 1917. East Riding Archive ref DDX1200/2/1.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : First World War
Display Date : First World War
Monument End Date : 1918
Monument Start Date : 1914
Monument Type : Pillbox
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Pillbox, Barbed Wire Obstruction, Trench, Trackway
Evidence : Structure, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : 18769
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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0013143
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 41 NW 35
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Relationship type : General association

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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : THEMATIC SURVEY
Start Date : 1992-04-09
End Date : 1992-04-13

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-04-01
End Date : 2002-03-01

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-05-12
End Date : 2007-05-31