MMO1373 - World War Two type 24 pillbox east of Porlockford Plantation (Monument)

The structure was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1941 and 1946 and was a slightly irregular hexagon with one wall longer than the other five and disguised with the addition of a false pitched roof. It was no longer visible in 1958.

SS 8714 4753 A possible Second World War type 24 pillbox, visible as a structure, was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1941 and 1946. Located overlooking Porlock Beach on a field boundary adjacent to Porlockford Plantation, the concrete pillbox is a slightly irregular hexagon, 6.5 metres at its widest point, with one wall longer than the other five. In 1941 the pillbox's function was disguised with the addition of a false pitched roof, constructed from what appears to be corrugated iron sheeting, though this has been removed by 1946. The structure was no longer visible in 1958. [1-4] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [5]