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Monument details

Summary

Second World War reinforced concrete and brick-shuttered type 28A pillbox. On the sea front between Dymchurch and Hythe, at the West end of the Hythe Range beside Redoubt. The pillbox is still visible on recent aerial photographs. though an observation post has subsequently been built on top of the pillbox.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Brick-shuttered type 28A anti-tank emplacement. [Recorder Osborne gives NGR - TR 131321].

Type 28 anti-tank gun emplacement. An observation post has been built on the top looking out to sea. On military land of Hythe ranges.

[Recorder, Urquhart, gives NGR - TR 131323]. On the sea front between Dymchurch and Hythe, at the W end of Hythe Range beside Redoubt. (1)

The type 28A pillbox referred to above (Source 1) is visible on historical aerial photographs at TR 1302 3224 and has been mapped as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment NMP. The pillbox is still visible on recent aerial photographs taken in 2006. (2-3)

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2002/6, Defence of Kent database (Digital archive). SWX23603.

<2> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1112 3098-3099 12-JAN-1946 (Photograph). SWX23802.

<3> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23756.

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