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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1068 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former site of Pillbox near train ferry dock, Dover |
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Summary
Former site of a Type 22 WW2 Pillbox, built by June 1940, near train ferry dock, Dover. Built of reinforced concrete and has now been destroyed. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31941 40321 |
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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 1950 AD)
Full description
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Former site of a WW2 Pillbox, built by June 1940, near train ferry dock, Dover. Built of reinforced concrete and has now been destroyed. It was obsereved from Military aerial photographs during the S E Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment. A type 22 pillbox, measuring 3.8m in diameter positioned between railway lines at the western docks. It was first observed in June 1942 and is clearly visible on an oblique aerial photograph Dovers western docks taken in 1947, though had been demolished by April 1950. (1-3)
<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, Dover Defences Scheme, June 1940: P.R.O. W0166/1343 (Digital archive). SKE32029.
<3> Britain from above, 1948, The Western Docks and the Western Heights, Dover, 1948 (Photograph). SKE51739.
Sources and further reading
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| 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. Dover Defences Scheme, June 1940: P.R.O. W0166/1343. |
| <3>XY | Photograph: Britain from above. 1948. The Western Docks and the Western Heights, Dover, 1948. EAW007615. [Mapped feature: #17461 Pillbox, ] |
