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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 C Quad and is located on St. Martins flank, directly to the south of St. Martins Battery. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

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

Full description

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Summarised from report:

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 C Quad and is located on St. Martins flank, directly to the south of St. Martins Battery. It has been substantially damaged in the north-west corner, possibly by enemy action, despite this it is clear that the internal faces are 2.6m on all sides. There is a doorway, 0.71m wide, in the north-east wall, flanked by a
blocked embrasure, 0.61m wide by 0.46m. The south-east and south-west walls each have the remains of a single large embrasure of a type seen only in this pillbox; there is an internal splay from a narrow external aperture. (1-3)

<1> Burridge, David, Dovers Square Pillboxes, Page Nos. 2, 10 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6411.

<2> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.

<3> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

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