Second World War Pillbox, 11m south-west of Easthams Hill Farm

A Second World War pillbox, constructed probably autumn 1940.

MATERIALS: red brick with concrete dressings.

PLAN: it has an irregular hexagonal plan.

EXTERIOR: the pillbox stands on raised ground, partly set into the bank, on the north side of the A30. The thick walls of the pillbox, which are built of brick, rise from a double-chamfered brick plinth and are surmounted by a reinforced concrete ring beam. There is no roof, and no evidence that one roof ever existed. Three of the four embrasures face roughly north, north-east and east; the fourth faces south side. All have concrete cills and the splays retain steel armour plate. It is entered from a rear (north) entrance trench that has four concrete steps leading into the pillbox.

INTERIOR: there is no central anti-ricochet wall typical of most pillboxes, and the concrete floor slab has a hole at its centre, possibly a drain. Below each of the large embrasures is a step or weapon rest.