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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 37 SE 1109 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | PILLBOX |
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Summary
Pillbox [Sector 7]. Cassini ref 840880.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3981 7018 |
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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 840880
The pillbox recorded in this monument was not visible on military aerial photographs in the location given. However, a rectangular structure was mapped in the SE Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment approximately 42m to the SE, and this is thought to be the correct location for the pillbox described in this monument record. The structure measures approximately 6.2m long and 4.4m wide.
The structure was first visible on aerial photographs from January 1941 [3] and was mapped from a photograph taken in May 1942 [1]. It is still visible in 1946 [2] but is gone on photographs from 1950 [4].
Unknown, 1940, List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks (Unpublished document). SKE13159.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Unknown. 1940. List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks. |
Related records
| MWX43005 | Part of: Second World War coastal defences at North Foreland. (Monument) |
