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Monument details

HER Number:TR 25 NW 470
Type of record:Building
Name:Pillbox, The Haywain, Bramling

Summary

A pillbox alongside the entrance to the carpark of the Haywain public house, on the A257 road at Bramling.


Grid Reference:TR 2276 5671
Map Sheet:TR25NW
Parish:ICKHAM AND WELL, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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A pillbox alongside the entrance to the carpark of the Haywain public house, on the A257 road at Bramling.

Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox, with internal anti-ricochet wall removed and used as a wood store but with no door in place. Stands tall on a mound with three steps up to entrance. Square embrasures. Faces E along road. Access including
interior possible although on land owned by the public house. Very overgrown. (1)


<1> English Heritage, 2004, Defence areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England (Unpublished document). SKE17661.

<2> English Heritage, 2004, Defence areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England (Unpublished document). SKE17661.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2004. Defence areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England.
<2>Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2004. Defence areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England.