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Monument details

Summary

A number of pillboxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century to cover the approaches to the heights, these are generally inter-visible. This example is a Type D trapezoidal Quad of concrete and brick construction, located near the junction of the Citadel and the Western Outworks, facing north-west. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (Disused, Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)

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A number of pillboxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century to cover the approaches to the heights, these are generally inter-visible. This example is a Type D trapezoidal Quad and is located near the junction of the Citadel and the Western Outworks, facing north-west. There is an opening 0.69m wide in the south-east wall, close to the east corner. The south-west and north-east walls each contain two embrasures, 1.60m wide, which splay externally towards the corners of the pillbox, but have perpendicular inner faces. (1-3)

Trapezoidal version of 'Dover square' pillbox. 2ft thick brick-shuttered walls, overhanging roof slab and only one embrasure in front wall. Owner : Public Publicly accessible : Yes How accessed for survey : On top of very steep artificially scarped bank Tourism Potential : As part of heritage trail Condition : good (4)

Historic England archive material: AF00104 Dover Western Heights, miscellaneous military structures The survey of miscellaneous military structures was carried out by RCHME Cambridge office between April and July 1998 as part of the Western Heights Project.
DEB01 Defence of Britain This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Box files containing the record sheets gathered from participants in the Defence of Britain Project. The project recorded, with the help of volunteers, the remains of military structures in Britain. The collection is arranged by county and split between anti-invasion and non anti-invasion defences. The record sheets record the visible structures and include location details, structure type and purpose and include photographs.

<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.

<2> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

<3> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.

<4> Burridge, David, Dovers Square Pillboxes, Page Nos. 2, 9, Fig Nos. 3 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6411.

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