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Monument details

HER Number:TR 03 NE 56
Type of record:Building
Name:Pillbox (WWII), Court at Street

Summary

Pillbox (WWII), Court at Street


Grid Reference:TR 09360 35290
Map Sheet:TR03NE
Parish:LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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

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<1>Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. Pers. Comm. David Burdridge, KDRG.