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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 54 SW 63 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Pillbox |
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Summary
WW2 Pillbox
| Grid Reference: | TQ 53269 41972 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ54SW |
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| Parish: | PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Abandoned 1945, Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Second World War Pillbox part of a nodal point ,or 'anti-tank' island, formed during 1940-41 at the junction between the Newhaven-Hoo stop-line and the GHQ Line 'B' stop-line along the left bank of the Medway. |
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Full description
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A WW2 pillbox part of a nodal point ,or 'anti-tank' island, formed during 1940-41 at the junction between the Newhaven-Hoo stop-line and the GHQ Line 'B' stop-line along the left bank of the Medway. (1-2)
Additional Information (3).
<1> Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document). SKE6946.
<2> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
<3> Cluttons, 1994, Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan (Unpublished document). SKE6947.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Cluttons. 1994. Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan. |
