Another layer of history
World War 2 remnants provide another layer of history along Dorset's Jurassic coastline. A concrete Type 25 pillbox (according to those that know these things!) is now exposed on the beach at Kimmeridge Bay. It shows just how much erosion has taken place in recent decades. In the foreground two anti-tank blocks guard access to the narrow Gaulter Gap, one of two places that a German invasion force could get off the beach without having to scale cliffs.
Another layer of history
World War 2 remnants provide another layer of history along Dorset's Jurassic coastline. A concrete Type 25 pillbox (according to those that know these things!) is now exposed on the beach at Kimmeridge Bay. It shows just how much erosion has taken place in recent decades. In the foreground two anti-tank blocks guard access to the narrow Gaulter Gap, one of two places that a German invasion force could get off the beach without having to scale cliffs.