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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 977 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | A Second World War type B Quad pillbox, Drop Redoubt, Dover Western Heights |
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Summary
A number of pillboxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century to cover the approaches to the heights, these are generally inter-visible. This example is a Type B Quad and is located on the south eastern side of the Drop Redoubt, on the rampart of the North-east Line Adjacent to the cliff edge. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3170 4107 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Disused, Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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Summarised from report:
A number of pillboxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century to cover the approaches to the heights, these are generally inter-visible. This example is a Type B Quad and is located on the south eastern side of the Drop Redoubt, on the rampart of the North-east Line Adjacent to the cliff edge. Its internal faces are 2.6m on all sides and is constructed of brick, sitting on a concrete plinth. The door is in the north wall and is 0.7m wide with a secondary brick blast wall, 0.47m thick covering it and extending the full height of the pillbox. (1-2)
<1> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.
<2> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945. |
| <2> | Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. |
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