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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 SW 141 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Summary
Standard type 24 pillbox. Mapped from WWII military aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3396 6309 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1941 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1413803: World War II anti-tank pimples and cylinders and associated pillbox at Pegwell Bay; Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Second World War PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24), Ebbsfleet |
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Full description
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On E side of A256 half a mile N of junction with minor road to Ebbsfleet.Standard type 24 pillbox.
This structure was mapped from military aerial photographs as part of the SE Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey. It was first visible on aerial photographs taken in February 1941 and is still visible on OS Mastermap [2]. The visible pillbox is an irregular hexagon in plan and measures 4.6m by 4m.
Unknown, 1940, List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks (Unpublished document). SKE13159.
Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Unknown. 1940. List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks. |
| --- | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. |
