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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 54 NW 47
Type of record:Building
Name:Pillbox

Summary

WW2 pillbox part of the Penshurst anti-tank nodel point


Grid Reference:TQ 54665 45335
Map Sheet:TQ54NW
Parish:LEIGH, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Abandoned 1945, Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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WW2 pillbox part of a nodal point ,or 'anti-tank' island, formed during 1940-41 at the junction between the Newhaven-Hoo stop-line and the GHQ Line 'B' stop-line along the left bank of the Medway.(1)

Additional Information (2-3)


<1> Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document). SKE6946.

<2> Cluttons, 1994, Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan (Unpublished document). SKE6947.

<3> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge.
<2>Unpublished document: Cluttons. 1994. Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan.
<3>Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage.