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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 94 NE 82 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Summary
Hexagonal pillbox - type 24, of plain concrete.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9737 4677 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ94NE |
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| Parish: | WESTWELL, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Tutt Hill: on E side of lane from Tutt Hill to Westwell and S of Maidstone - Ashford railway. Hexagonal pillbox - type 24, of plain concrete.
Building survey undertaken by Oxford Archaeology Unit in 1999 found the concrete shell intact though the internal brick baffle had been removed. (1)
Oxford Archaeological Unit, Pill Boxes at Tutt Hill, Westwell Leacon, nr. Charing, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE13171.
Oxford Archaeological Unit, Pill Boxes at Tutt Hill, Westwell Leacon, nr. Charing, Kent (Unpublished document). Ske13171.
Unknown, 1940, List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks (Unpublished document). SKE13159.
<1> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 2000, Pill Boxes at Tutt Hill, Westwell Leacon, Nr Charing, Kent: Archaeological and Photographic Record (Unpublished document). SKE17081.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Unknown. 1940. List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks. |
| --- | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. Pill Boxes at Tutt Hill, Westwell Leacon, nr. Charing, Kent. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 2000. Pill Boxes at Tutt Hill, Westwell Leacon, Nr Charing, Kent: Archaeological and Photographic Record. |
