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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 24 SE 80 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | WW2 pillbox, Farthingloe, Lunnons Wood |
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Summary
WW2 pillbox, Farthingloe, Lunnons Wood.
Summary from record :
Square pillbox
| Grid Reference: | TR 2930 4064 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR24SE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Pillbox of common Dover type- suare with overhanging roof slab and two embrasures per side. Built only to height of embrasure sills and left unfinished. C. 1940. Built of brick shuttered concrete and in poor condition. Located in the NW corner of Lunnons wWood. (1)
Description from record :
Square pillbox approx 16ft square with overhanging roof slab. Brick-shuttered, 2ft thick walls and 2 embrasures per wall. The type seems to be peculiar to Dover. This example built to base of embrasures and never completed.
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG/FSG (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 Burridge, KDRG/PSG/FSG. |
