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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 566 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former site of a Second World War pillbox, Manston Road |
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Summary
A Second World War Type 24 (FW3/24) infantry pillbox formerly stood on this site.
Summary from record TR 36 NE 2011:
Pillbox (Sector 7). Cassini ref 805835
| Grid Reference: | TR 36194 65703 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PILLBOX (Demolished, Modern - 1940 AD to 2007 AD)
Full description
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A Second World War Type 24 (FW3/24) infantry pillbox formerly stood on this site. It was six sided, faced south towards Manston Road and had a y-shaped anti-ricochet wall in the centre. (1)
An evaluation in 2007 did not find any associated trenching. (2)
Description from record TR 36 NE 2011:
Newington, NW of Ramsgate.Pillbox (Sector 7). Cassini ref 805835
, Sheet (Blatt) 1/37 (Cartographic materials). SKE13157.
Unknown, 1940, List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks (Unpublished document). SKE13159.
<1> The Historic Environment Consultancy, 2007, Building Recording: Pillbox, Manston Road Allotments, Ramsgate (Unpublished document). SKE17862.
<2> Archaeology South-East, 2009, Archaeological Investigations at the Former Allotments Site, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent: Post-excavation Assessment and Project Design for Publication (Unpublished document). SKE17961.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Cartographic materials: . Sheet (Blatt) 1/37. |
| --- | Unpublished document: Unknown. 1940. List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: The Historic Environment Consultancy. 2007. Building Recording: Pillbox, Manston Road Allotments, Ramsgate. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2009. Archaeological Investigations at the Former Allotments Site, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent: Post-excavation Assessment and Project Design for Publication. |
