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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NE 289 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War Type 28A pillbox at Allington Castle |
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Summary
Second World War pillbox within the outer moat at Allington Castle.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7519 5796 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NE |
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| Parish: | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD to 1944 AD)
- PUMP HOUSE (Modern - 1945 AD? to 2024 AD)
Full description
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WW2 brick and concrete pillbox located just inside the outer moat of the castle. (1)
Rectangular pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/05/01).
Part of GHQ Line (North West Kent) - GHQ Line running from Leigh to River Thames via Medway valley.(2)
Part of Medway GHQ Stop line. Angle of fire focused on 23 degrees north-east. Concrete construction, in very good condition. Entrance open, in use as a pump house for castle lake. Whitewash interior. Surviving hold fast for anti-tank gun visible. Surveyor recommended statutory proection on the basis of its good overall condition and clearly visible original context(3)
<1> Untitled Source, Arch. South East field Survey report 1997 (Unpublished document). SKE6451.
<1> Archaeology South-East, 1997, An Archaeological Field Survey of the Grounds of Allington Castle, Maidstone (Unpublished document). SKE16779.
<2> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
<3> Kent Defence Research Group, 2024/5, Site recording form for the Maidstone 20th Century Defences Project, site 007 (Digital archive). SKE56292.
<4> Kent Defence Research Group, 2024/5, Site recording form for the Maidstone 20th Century Defences Project (Digital archive). SKE56292.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 1997. An Archaeological Field Survey of the Grounds of Allington Castle, Maidstone. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Arch. South East field Survey report 1997. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. |
| <3> | Digital archive: Kent Defence Research Group. 2024/5. Site recording form for the Maidstone 20th Century Defences Project. site 007. |
| <4> | Digital archive: Kent Defence Research Group. 2024/5. Site recording form for the Maidstone 20th Century Defences Project. |
