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Monument details

HER Number:TR 03 SE 58
Type of record:Monument
Name:Pillbox at Bonnington

Summary

World war II pillbox, Type 22, with a rear porch guards entrance. It is located on the north side of the Royal Military Canal, approx 100m east of St. Rumwold's Church. Built of reinforced concrete in c.1940, the monument remains in good condition.

Summary from record TR 03 SE 82:

Pillbox [shown on German map].


Grid Reference:TR 05880 34378
Map Sheet:TR03SE
Parish:BONNINGTON, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: World war II pillbox, Type 22, 150m east of the Church of St Rumwold, Bonnington

Full description

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A WW2 Pillbox, Type 22, with a rear porch quards entrance. It is located on the north side of the Royal Military Canal, approx 100m east of St Rumwold's Church. Built of reinforced concrete, c1940, and still in good condition.(1)

Description from record TR 03 SE 82:
By lane, NW of St. Rumwold's Church.Pillbox [shown on German map].


Luftflottenkommando 2, German map showing defences of Romney Marsh (Cartographic materials). SKE13165.

<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, David Burridge(F.S.G./K.D.R.G./P.S.G.) 3/6/97 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Cartographic materials: Luftflottenkommando 2. German map showing defences of Romney Marsh.
<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.) 3/6/97.