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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NE 289 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War pillbox at Allington Castle |
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Summary
Second World War pillbox within the outer moat at Allington Castle.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7519 5796 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NE |
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| Parish: | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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WW2 brick and concrete pillbox located just inside the outer moat of the castle. (1)
Rectangular pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/05/01).
Part of GHQ Line (North West Kent) - GHQ Line running from Leigh to River Thames via Medway valley.(2)
<1> Untitled Source, Arch. South East field Survey report 1997 (Unpublished document). SKE6451.
<1> Archaeology South-East, 1997, An Archaeological Field Survey of the Grounds of Allington Castle, Maidstone (Unpublished document). SKE16779.
<2> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 1997. An Archaeological Field Survey of the Grounds of Allington Castle, Maidstone. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Arch. South East field Survey report 1997. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. |
