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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 SE 703 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Walmer Castle Pillbox |
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Summary
Type 24 Pillbox built in 1940 just north of the castle to cover the meadow north of the castle.
Summary from record TR 35 SE 385:
WW2 Pillbox in field next to Walmer Castle
| Grid Reference: | TR 3760 5022 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | DEAL, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1944 AD?)
- PILLBOX (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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This pillbox is built of concrete with brick shuttering. Originally with normal loopholes and lower loopholes for Boy's Anti-tank rifles. At a later date three sides of the pillbox have been strengthend to twice the wall thickness and the lower loopholes have been blocked up.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Can be seen from footpath across meadow
Tourism Potential :
Condition : good
Date of visit : 18/06/07
Description from record TR 35 SE 385:
WW2 pillbox, a reinforced type 24, in afield next to Walmer Castle. Concrete construction, good condition (1)
Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE14140.
Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske14140.
<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 | | --- | Verbal communication: Verbal Communication. |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. |
