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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 421 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | A Second World War type A Quad pillbox, Dover Western Heights |
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Summary
A number of pillboxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century, to cover the approaches to the heights and are generally inter-visible. This is a Type A Quad (of which there are three others). All are constructed in concrete with brick facings inside and out, concrete floors and flat overhanging reinforced concrete roofs. This example is situated approximately 50m north of Citadel North Bastion. The interior is, largely filled with earth, it measures 2.76m by 2.73m and is entered through a doorway, 0.52m wide in the southern side. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 30655 40804 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Disused, Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1020298: FORTIFICATIONS, ROMAN LIGHTHOUSE AND MEDIEVAL CHAPEL ON WESTERN HEIGHTS |
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Full description
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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 and are generally inter-visible. This is a Type A Quad (of which there are three others). All are constructed in concrete with brick facings inside and out, concrete floors and flat overhanging reinforced concrete roofs. This example is situated approximately 50m north of Citadel North Bastion. The interior is, largely filled with earth, it measures 2.76m by 2.73m and is entered through a doorway, 0.52m wide in the southern side. (1-2)
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. Appears to have been converted to 'batbox' Owner : Public Publicly accessible : No How accessed for survey : On top of very steep rtificially scarped bank Tourism Potential : As part of heritage trail Condition : good (3)
<1> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.
<2> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.
<3> Burridge, David, Dovers Square Pillboxes, Page Nos. 9 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6411.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945. [Mapped feature: #14295 Pillbox, ] |
| <2> | Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Burridge, David. Dovers Square Pillboxes. Page Nos. 9. |
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