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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 499 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | PILLBOX |
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Summary
Pillbox [Sector 4]. Cassini ref 679550
Summary from record MWX51364:
A Second World War pillbox is visible as a building on aerial photographs taken in 1945, though it has been demolished on aerial photograph taken in 1959. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP (Component 2).
| Grid Reference: | TR 2409 3710 |
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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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Folkestone.Pillbox [Sector 4]. Cassini ref 679550
Description from record MWX51364:
Pillbox [Sector 4]. Cassini ref 679550. Folkestone. (1)
A Second World War pillbox is visible as a building on aerial photographs taken in 1945, though it has been demolished on aerial photograph taken in 1959. The site is centred on TR 2409 3710 and comprises a rectangular pill box which measures 9.5 metres long by 5.5 metres wide. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP (Component 2)(2-3).
Unknown, 1940, List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks (Unpublished document). SKE13159.
<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2002/6, Defence of Kent database (Digital archive). SWX23603.
<2> RAF, 1945, NMR RAF/106G/UK/541 3006-3007 24-JUL-1945 (Photograph). SWX23827.
<3> RAF, 1959, NMR RAF/58/2778 F43 0097-0098 01-MAY-1959 (Photograph). SWX23879.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Unknown. 1940. List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks. |
| <1> | Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002/6. Defence of Kent database. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1945. NMR RAF/106G/UK/541 3006-3007 24-JUL-1945. |
| <3> | Photograph: RAF. 1959. NMR RAF/58/2778 F43 0097-0098 01-MAY-1959. |
