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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1057 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Pillbox at shakespeare beach. |
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Summary
WW2 Pillbox. At shakespeare beach, West Dover.
| Grid Reference: | TR 312 401 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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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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A WWII Pillbox at Shakespeare Beach, Dover. Built by June 1940 of reinforced concrete. It has subsequently been demolished.(1)
The WWII Pillbox was not observed within any military aerial photography provided for the SE Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey dating between February 1941 (3) and July 1983 (4).The record was duplicated in Mke42059. It may also be duplicated in records Mke 16962 and Mke42060. And also duplicated in records Mke16964 and Mke42061.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, David Burrigde (F.S.G./K.D.R.G./P.S.G.) (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
<2> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Dover Defence Scheme, June 1940: P.R.O. W0166/1343 (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. David Burrigde (F.S.G./K.D.R.G./P.S.G.). |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. Dover Defence Scheme, June 1940: P.R.O. W0166/1343. |
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