Pillbox, Dawdon Blast Beach, Hawthorn
Photo of pill box on Blast Beach, Seaham 2017
Photgraph of pill box on Blast Beach, Seaham, showing entrance 2017
Photograph of pill box on Blast Beach, Seaham 2017
Concrete pillbox stands at the base of cliffs at the south end of Dawdon Blast Beach.
World War II rectangular pillbox, no specification, located on the upper beach at Dawdon Blast Beach. Constructed of concrete 1940 to 1941. The pillbox and surrounding barbed wire obstruction are visible as structures on aerial photographs.
D6311
Second World War (1939 to 1945)
Turning the Tide Project 1997 - 1998; Archaeological Services University of Durham
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