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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51371 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War pillbox |
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Summary
A Second World War pillbox is visible on aerial photographs of 1941 between Seaway Road and an anti-tank ditch (Monument Number 462723). This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0902 2767 |
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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 (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The pillbox is centred at TR 0902 2767, and measures approximately five metres across. It is possibly a Type 22 pillbox. It is strategically located at a change of direction of the anti-tank ditch (Monument Number 462723). By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1983; the pillbox had been removed. This area was subsequently developed for housing, and the site of the pillbox is now in the back garden of one of the houses on Seaway Crescent (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/26K/BR242 23-4 10-JAN-1941 (Photograph). SWX23859.
<2> 1983, NMR MAL/83019 032 12-JUL-1983 (Photograph). SWX23778.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1941. NMR RAF/26K/BR242 23-4 10-JAN-1941. |
| <2> | Photograph: 1983. NMR MAL/83019 032 12-JUL-1983. |
Related records
| MWX51437 | Part of: Second World War anti-tank ditch, St Marys Bay (Monument) |
