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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51301 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War Type 23 pillbox, northern side of the New Sewer at St Marys Bay |
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Summary
A Second World War Type 23 pillbox is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as a structure on the northern side of the New Sewer at St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0868 2719 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NE |
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| Parish: | ST MARY IN THE MARSH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The pillbox is centred at TR 0868 2719, and measures approximately five metres WSW to ENE and three metres NNW to SSE. It appears to be a Type 23 pillbox as it is rectangular in plan view, and has an un-roofed area at one end where an anti-aircraft gun could be mounted. (1)
Vertical aerial photographs of 2007 show that this location is now beneath modern housing, and the site of the pillbox is now in a garden at the western end of Cedar Crescent.
<1> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946 (Photograph). SWX23809.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946. |
Related records
| 1535063 | Part of: Second Wold War anti-tank cubes are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
