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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51302 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War Type 23 pillbox, 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 seafront at St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0918 2743 |
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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 0918 2743, and measures approximately six metres SSW to NNE and four metres WNW to ESE. 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.
By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1983; the pillbox had been removed (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946 (Photograph). SWX23809.
<2> 1983, NMR MAL/83019 032 12-JUL-1983 (Photograph). SWX23778.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946. |
| <2> | Photograph: 1983. NMR MAL/83019 032 12-JUL-1983. |
