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Monument details
| HER Number: | 1424675 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War Type 23 pillbox |
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Summary
The location of a Second World War Type 23 pillbox shown on a German map of defences in East Kent and visible on historical aerial photographs, on Princess Parade east of the Imperial Hotel, Hythe.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1700 3442 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13SE |
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| Parish: | HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Pillbox [shown on German map of defences in East Kent]. On coast SE of Hythe centre. (1)
The type 23 pillbox referred to above (Source 1) is visible on aerial photographs and has been mapped as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP. The square pillbox is centred at TR 17007 34422, on the Princess Parade east of the Imperial Hotel at Hythe. The pillbox was subsequently demolished after the war and had gone by 1966. (2-3)
<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2002/6, Defence of Kent database (Digital archive). SWX23603.
<2> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23886.
<3> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23880.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002/6. Defence of Kent database. |
| <2> | (No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number. |
| <3> | (No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number. |
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