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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 418 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Stebbing Down Square Pillbox |
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Summary
Second World War Type 24 pillbox, at Elm Woods, Mount Horeham.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3016 4103 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered. The embrasures on the downhill side are set lower in the walls than those on the uphill side.
Pillbox (Sector 5). Cassini ref 735590.
At Elms Wood, at edge of wood beside track.
Square pillbox approx 16ft square with overhanging roof slab. Brick-shuttered, 2ft thick walls and 2 embrasures per wall. The type seems to be peculiar to Dover.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : On fairly steep hillside
Tourism Potential : Perhaps as part of heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 23/01/07
08/06/40, Dover Defence Scheme (Map). SKE14251.
<1> Burridge, David, Dovers Square Pillboxes, Page Nos. 8 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6411.
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Map: 08/06/40. Dover Defence Scheme. |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Burridge, David. Dovers Square Pillboxes. Page Nos. 8. |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG. |
