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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 420 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Second World War type D Quad pillbox, Citadel, Dover Western Heights |
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Summary
A number of pillboxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century to cover the approaches to the heights, these are generally inter-visible. This example is a Type D trapezoidal Quad of concrete and brick construction, located near the junction of the Citadel and the Western Outworks, facing north-west. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 30646 40601 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Disused, Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1020298: FORTIFICATIONS, ROMAN LIGHTHOUSE AND MEDIEVAL CHAPEL ON WESTERN HEIGHTS |
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Full description
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A number of pillboxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century to cover the approaches to the heights, these are generally inter-visible. This example is a Type D trapezoidal Quad and is located near the junction of the Citadel and the Western Outworks, facing north-west. There is an opening 0.69m wide in the south-east wall, close to the east corner. The south-west and north-east walls each contain two embrasures, 1.60m wide, which splay externally towards the corners of the pillbox, but have perpendicular inner faces. (1-3)
Trapezoidal version of 'Dover square' pillbox. 2ft thick brick-shuttered walls, overhanging roof slab and only one embrasure in front wall. Owner : Public Publicly accessible : Yes How accessed for survey : On top of very steep artificially scarped bank Tourism Potential : As part of heritage trail Condition : good (4)
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
<2> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.
<3> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.
<4> Burridge, David, Dovers Square Pillboxes, Page Nos. 2, 9, Fig Nos. 3 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6411.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG. |
| <2> | Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. |
| <3>XY | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945. [Mapped feature: #14294 Pillbox, ] |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Burridge, David. Dovers Square Pillboxes. Page Nos. 2, 9, Fig Nos. 3. |
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