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Monument Number 1426640
Hob Uid: 1426640
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Bempton
Grid Ref : TA1917773790
Summary : Second World War brick-built, single storey pillbox, with flat concrete roof on which at one side a defence position is built. At the South-East corner of the site at Bempton Grange, Bempton.
More information : Brick-built, single storey pillbox, with flat concrete roof on which at one side a defence position is built. 7 x large embrasures, which have been bricked up to form smaller ones. Steel ladder at doorway to roof. The pillbox is at the SE corner of the site and has the remains of a stove and a hole in the roof for the chimney [it was said to have been used as living quarters]. [Record is accompanied by plans and elevations dated 1941].Bempton Grange, Bempton. (1)

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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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Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Pillbox (Variant), Pillbox
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0012480
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 17 SE 88
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Relationship type : General association

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1426640