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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 65 SE 81 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Second World War pillbox, north east of Twyford Bridge |
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Summary
Second World War Vickers machine gun pillbox, north east of Twyford Bridge. Sited to defend the river Medway. Part of the main GHQ Line that ran through Kent along the Medway.
Images
| Grid Reference: | TQ 69196 50094 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ65SE |
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| Parish: | YALDING, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Second World War Type 28A anti-tank pillbox, north east of Twyford Bridge. Sited to defend the river Medway |
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Full description
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Type 28A anti-tank pillbox located to defend the crossing of the Medway to the south. Located in overgrown area. Steps down protected by detached blast wall.(1)
A Pillbox Study Group assessment concluded the structure is actually a Vickers Gun Emplacement (2)
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
<2> Pillbox Study Group, Pillbox Study Group communication (Verbal communication). SKE52253.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. |
| <2> | Verbal communication: Pillbox Study Group. Pillbox Study Group communication. |
