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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 1059
Type of record:Monument
Name:Pillbox at shakespeare beach, Dover

Summary

WW2 Pillbox


Grid Reference:TR 315 401
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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A WWII Pillbox, built by June 1940, at Shakespeare Beach, Dover. Built of reinforced concrete and has now been destroyed.(1)


<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, David Burridge (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 Burridge (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.