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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NE 213 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Round Down square pillbox |
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Summary
Square pillbox
Summary from record TR 23 NE 21:
Square pillbox, WWII
Summary from record TR 23 NE 26:
Pillbox of common Dover type- square with over hanging roof slab and two embrasures per side. C. 1940. In good condition and built of brick-shuttered concrete.
| Grid Reference: | TR 29620 39474 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Abandoned 1945?, Modern - 1940 AD? to 2050 AD (between))
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD to 1944 AD)
- PILLBOX (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Square pillbox approx 16ft square with overhanging roof slab. Brick-shuttered, 2ft thick walls and 2 embrasures per wall. The type seems to be peculiar to Dover.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Close to cliff-top footpath
Condition : good
Date of visit :
Description from record TR 23 NE 21:
TR 298395. Standard brick construction square pillbox with concrete roof slab 17ft by 17ft. [Survey details and discussion of type]. (1)
Description from record TR 23 NE 26:
Pillbox of common Dover type- square with over hanging roof slab and two embrasures per side. C. 1940. In good condition and built of brick-shuttered concrete. (1)
A circular structure within a square enclosure is shown on the 2nd and 3rd edition OS mapping of the area. It is unclear what this structure was that the square pillbox replaced.
<1> Burridge, David, Dovers Square Pillboxes, Page Nos. 7 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6411.
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG/FSG (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Burridge, David. Dovers Square Pillboxes. Page Nos. 7. |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG/FSG. |
