Defending the realm.

Another echo of war among the sand dunes behind Newburgh beach. This brick and concrete pillbox was built in 1941 to help hinder any landing by the German forces. The pillbox is unusual in that the gun-loops face inland rather than, as is usual, towards the beach and out to sea from whence the Germans would arrive. The reason for this is that it was designed to protect a coastal gun battery and to oppose  an attack from the rear by any German troops who had managed to land and to infiltrate behind the beach.