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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 477 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | A Second World War type B Quad pillbox, North Entrance, 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, these are generally inter-visible. This example is a Type B Quad and is located on the northern side of the Western Heights Complex, overlooking the North Entrance. It was constructed in birck on a concrete plinth and a overhanging reinforced concrete roof. It measures 2.58m on each internal side, the north west and south west side both have two embrasures which splay to the exterior and the door is on the south eastern side. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31317 40962 |
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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, these are generally inter-visible. This example is a Type B Quad and is located on the northern side of the Western Heights Complex, overlooking the North Entrance. It was constructed in birck on a concrete plinth and a overhanging reinforced concrete roof. It measures 2.58m on each internal side, the north west and south west side both have two embrasures which splay to the exterior and the door is on the south eastern side. (1-3)
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
<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 Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document).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.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG. |
| <2>XY | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945. [Mapped feature: #17201 Pillbox, ] |
| <3> | Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. |
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