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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 64 SW 252 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War Type 24 pillbox |
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Summary
Type 24, with 6 sides, and 7 gun embrasures, brick shuttered and in excellent condition. site visit 15/1/13. Faces NW with field of fire over field and small rural lane. Location NGR TQ 61099 40991 LAT: 51. 145514 LONG: 0. 30175388. The lane it covers would have continued east but has been severed by the A21 now - the lane continues beyond the A21, on which Type 24 S0009599 sits alongside.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6110 4101 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ64SW |
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| Parish: | ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Type 24, with 6 sides, and 7 gun embrasures, brick shuttered and in excellent condition. site visit 15/1/13. Faces NW with field of fire over field and small rural lane. Location NGR TQ 61099 40991 LAT: 51. 145514 LONG: 0. 30175388. The lane it covers would have continued east but has been severed by the A21 now - the lane continues beyond the A21, on which Type 24 S0009599 sits alongside.
Pillbox Study Group, Pillbox Study Group communication (Verbal communication). SKE52253.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Verbal communication: Pillbox Study Group. Pillbox Study Group communication. |
