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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NW 205
Type of record:Building
Name:PILLBOX (Type fw3/24)

Summary

A Second World War Type fw3/24 pillbox exists south of the railway to the west of London Road, Maidstone


Grid Reference:TQ 7348 5733
Map Sheet:TQ75NW
Parish:AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: WWII pillbox, north-west of Bunyards Farm

Full description

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On London Road (A20), near rail bridge. Type 22 pillbox.(1)

The pillbox was assessed as part of a build heritage statement, and is a Type fw3/24 pillbox. (2)


<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.

<2> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2018, Built heritage statement in advance of the proposed development of land South West of London Road and West of Castor Park, Allington, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE51952.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report.
<2>Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 2018. Built heritage statement in advance of the proposed development of land South West of London Road and West of Castor Park, Allington, Kent.