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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 490 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War type 23 pillbox, Citadel Battery, 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 23 pillbox comprising two cells; an open Anti Aircraft pit at the western end with a central concrete pillar for a light machine gun, located close to the western flank of Citadel Battery. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 30351 40285 |
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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 23 pillbox comprising two cells; an open Anti Aircraft pit at the western end with a central concrete pillar for a light machine gun, is located close to the western flank of Citadel Battery. The AA pit measures 2.35m by 1.84m with walls 1.65m high. There is no doorway into the pit so that the walls must be scaled to gain access. The pillbox, 2.30m square internally, is entered through a doorway 0.49m wide by 1.61m high; it has a flat concrete roof. Immediately inside, a concrete ricochet wall, 1.35m long by 0.23m wide, partially divides the pillbox. (1-4)
<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 Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document).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> RCHME, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 8: The Citadel Battery: An early 20th-century coastal battery (Unpublished document). SKE17504.
<4> 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> | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945. |
| <3>XY | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2000. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 8: The Citadel Battery: An early 20th-century coastal battery. [Mapped feature: #92448 Second World War type 23 pillbox, Citadel Battery, Dover Western Heights, ] |
| <4> | Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 887 | Part of: Citadel Battery, Dover Western Heights (Monument) |
