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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 34 SW 646
Type of record:	Building
Name:	Pillbox at the foot of Horseshoe Bastion, Dover Castle

Summary

Grid Reference:	TR 32659 42043
Map Sheet:	TR34SW
Parish:	DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

PILLBOX (Type 28 AT, Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD)

Protected Status:	Scheduled Monument 1019075: DOVER CASTLE

Full description

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WW2 Type 28 concrete anti-tank pillbox at the foot of Horseshoe Bastion. Rectangular in shape it covers the road leading up from Langdon Bay. There are recesses in the embrasure to take the mounting of a 2pdr AT gun and a square block below the embrasure.(1)

The pill-box was probably constructed in c.1940 adjacent to the road on the east side of the castle to help counter potential German invasion. It is clearly visible and is only covered by light scrub. It
appears to be in relatively good condition. (2)

<1> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage, KD173 (Unpublished document). SKE6956.

<2> English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SKE52105.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. KD173.
<2>XY	Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014. Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer. [Mapped feature: #102653 Pillbox, ]

Related records

TR 34 SW 2549

Part of: Horseshoe Bastion on the outer defences of Dover Castle (Monument)