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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 546
Type of record:Monument
Name:PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)

Summary

Hexagonal pillbox, of very rough concrete with 29ins thick walls. Step-splayed embrasures with a pierced sheet of iron or steel on the inside. No embrasure in the front wall, just one each in the E facing side walls and one in the front W facing side


Grid Reference:TR 2240 3830
Map Sheet:TR23NW
Parish:FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Landward side of Crete Road, just W of a bend in the road.Hexagonal pillbox, of very rough concrete with 29ins thick walls. Step-splayed embrasures with a pierced sheet of iron or steel on the inside. No embrasure in the front wall, just one each in


Burridge, David, Oddities (Unpublished document). SKE13147.

Burridge, David, Oddities (Unpublished document). Ske13147.

Unknown, 1940, List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks (Unpublished document). SKE13159.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: Burridge, David. Oddities.
---Unpublished document: Unknown. 1940. List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks.