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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1060 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible former site of Pillbox at shakespeare beach, Dover |
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Summary
WW2 concrete Pillbox formerly located on Shakespear Beach, Dover has since been removed. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 318 402 |
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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 1945 AD?)
Full description
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A WWII Pillbox, built by June 1940, at Shakespeare Beach. Made of reinforced concrete and has now been destroyed.(1) Another written source, Dover Defences Scheme, June 1940: P.R.O. W0166/1343.
Information taken from the Defence of Britian Project. No. S0001618 (2)
<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> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.
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> | Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain Project. |
