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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 85 NW 132 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Air Ministry Type 27 pillbox defending Detling Airfield |
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Summary
Second World War Air Ministry design Type 27 pillbox. The pillbox is one of a series defending Detling Airfield.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 80903 58946 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ85NW |
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| Parish: | THURNHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (AIR MINISTRY PATTERN) (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Second World War Air Ministry design Type 27 pillbox. The pillbox is one of a series defending Detling Airfield. The pillbox has two embrasures and a open central well for a light anti-aircraft machine gun.(1)
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. |
