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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1134
Type of record:Monument
Name:PILLBOX

Summary

Pillbox [Sector 7]. Cassini ref 841879.


Grid Reference:TR 3987 7008
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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SE of Kingsgate.Pillbox [Sector 7]. Cassini ref 841879

The structure measures approximately 3m in length and width.

The structure was first visible on aerial photographs from 1941 [3] and was mapped from a photograph taken in May 1942 [1]. It is still visible in photographs taken in 1946 [4] and has been removed by April 1950 [5].

See record MWX43005 for more information regarding other associated military features.


Unknown, 1940, List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks (Unpublished document).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---Unpublished document: Unknown. 1940.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

MWX43005Part of: Second World War coastal defences at North Foreland. (Monument)