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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 37 SE 1143 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | PILLBOX |
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Summary
Pillbox [Sector 7]. Cassini ref 837885. Located at Kingsgate Bay and mapped from military aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3953 7066 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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| Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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SE of Kingsgate.Pillbox [Sector 7]. Cassini ref 837885
This structure was mapped from military aerial photographs as part of the SE Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey. The square building measures 4.5m by 4m and was first visible in Jnauary 1941 (1). It has been mapped from aerial photographs taken in December 1941 (2). It is only visible as a footprint by November 1949 and is not mapped on the 1:1250 OS historic mapping from 1955 (3).
Unknown, 1940, List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks (Unpublished document). SKE13159.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1955-79, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Edition 1955-79 (Map). SWX11834.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Unknown. 1940. List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks. |
| <3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1955-79. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Edition 1955-79. |
Related records
| MWX43234 | Part of: WWII military complex located on the coast between Botany Bay and Kingsgate Bay, North Foreland (Monument) |
