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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 711 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War pillbox, Folkestone Harbour |
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Summary
A Second World War pillbox is visible as a structure on aerial photographs taken in 1942, though it has been removed on aerial photographs taken in 1945. The pillbox appears to be hexagonal, and is located on the gridiron just off the viaduct in the middle of Folkestone harbour. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP (Component 2).
| Grid Reference: | TR 2332 3599 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Pillbox [Sector 4]. Cassini ref 671539. Folkestone. (1)
A Second World War pillbox is visible as a building on aerial photographs taken in 1942, though it has been demolished on aerial photographs taken in 1945. The pillbox is centred on TR 2332 3598 and appears to be hexagonal. It is located on the gridiron just off the viaduct in the middle of Folkestone harbour. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP (Component 2)(2-3).
<1> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF/HLA/526 6015-6016 06-MAY-1942 (Photograph). SWX23918.
<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2002/6, Defence of Kent database (Digital archive). SWX23603.
<2> RAF, 1945, NMR RAF/106G/UK/541 3023-3024 24-JUL-1945 (Photograph). SWX23829.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002/6. Defence of Kent database. |
| <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1942. NMR RAF/HLA/526 6015-6016 06-MAY-1942. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1945. NMR RAF/106G/UK/541 3023-3024 24-JUL-1945. |
