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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 SW 106 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Type 26 pillbox or Vickers machine gun emplacement, West Farleigh |
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Summary
On the banks above the River Medway at West Farleigh there is a possible Second World War Type 26 pillbox or Vickers machine gun emplacement. It has three embrasures.
It is built on a concrete raft set into the upper slopes of the river bank. There are six steps leading up to the entrance.
Images
| Grid Reference: | TQ 70433 52651 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75SW |
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| Parish: | WEST FARLEIGH, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26)? (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Possibly a type 26 pillbox (or a Vickers Machine Gun emplacement), with 3 x embrasures. Built on a concrete raft set into the upper slopes of the river bank, with 6 steps leading up to the entrance.(1)
Location uncertain.
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. |
