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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 24 SE 92 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | WW1 Pillbox near Great Farthingloe HAA Battery, near Dover |
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Summary
WW1 pillbox located half way down a hill facing north. It is located close to the Great Farthingloe HAA battery (TR 24 SE 90) and another WW1 pillbox to the SW on the hill top (TR 24 SE910. It is not known if it was reused during WW2 but would have formed a useful defensive point for both Dover and the nearby battery.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2965 4014 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR24SE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Abandoned 1918?, Modern - 1914 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- PILLBOX ( Reused and then abandoned in 1945?, Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: First World War pillbox located half way down a hill facing north. |
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Full description
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WW1 pillbox located half way down a hill facing north. It is located close to the Great Farthingloe HAA battery (TR 24 SE 90) and another WW1 pillbox to the SW on the hill top (TR 24 SE910. It is not known if it was reused during WW2 but would have formed a useful defensive point for both Dover and the nearby battery.(1)
<1> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. |
