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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 03 NE 56 |
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Type of record: | Building |
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Name: | Pillbox (WWII), Court at Street |
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Summary
Pillbox (WWII), Court at Street
Grid Reference: | TR 09360 35290 |
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Map Sheet: | TR03NE |
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Parish: | LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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A WW2 Pillbox, built c1940, behind a solitary house approx half mile west of Port Lympne wildlife park boundary. The pillbox was apparently built into pre-existing later converted into a garage. Embrasures in end (S) wall, at centres of E and W walls and at SE and SW corners. Built of reinforced concrete with skin and still good condition.(1)
Visiable on 2014 Google Imagery.
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burdridge, KDRG (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
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 Burdridge, KDRG. |