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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 137 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Type 24 Pillbox, Cherry Garden Hill, Folkestone |
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Summary
Type 24 Pillbox built in 1940 on top of a Bronze Age Barrow (TR 23 NW 1). The pillbox is in good condition although the door and fireslits have been filled in with concrete. Both the pillbox and the barrow are scheduled.
| Grid Reference: | TR 20832 38013 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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Type 24 Pillbox built in 1940 on top of a Bronze Age Barrow (TR 23 NW 1). The pillbox is in good condition although the door and fireslits have been filled in with concrete. Both the pillbox and the barrow are scheduled.(1, 2).
Mentioned in report (3)
Pillbox visible on Ordnance Survey Mastermap in 2016
<1> Stebbing, W. P. D., 1944, Cherry Garden Hill Tumulus, Folkestone (Article in serial). SKE8035.
<2> Wardale, C., 1964, Field report for monument TR 23 NW 1 - April, 1964 (Unpublished document). SKE5586.
<3> RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document). SKE6910.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Stebbing, W. P. D.. 1944. Cherry Garden Hill Tumulus, Folkestone. LVI pages 28 - 33. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wardale, C.. 1964. Field report for monument TR 23 NW 1 - April, 1964. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1994. Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main. |
