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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 SE 314 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | First World War pillbox - near Wormdale Farm, Wormdale Lane, Newington |
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Summary
A First World War square concrete pillbox with two loopholes (embrasures) for machine guns. It is of the type shown in the 1919 Chatham Land Front Map, located next to a public footpath on Wormdale Farm, Wormdale Lane, Newington.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8606 6357 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86SE |
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| Parish: | NEWINGTON, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
Full description
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A square concrete pillbox [First World War] with two Loopholes (embrasures) for machine guns which is of the type shown in the 1919 Chatham Land Front Map (3). It is located by a public footpath on Wormdale Farm, Wormdale Lane, Newington. It measures 10 feet by 9 feet and has two embrasure, believed to be intended for Lewis Guns. The one in the SE wall measures 40 long inches by 15 inches high, the other in the NW wall is 53 long inches by 15 inches. The door is 2 feet wide by 5 feet 2 inches high in the NW side.
It is in very good condition, even having most of the anti bullet splash timber in situ around the embrasures
Condition: Very Good - 24/02/2013 (1)
<1> Kent County Council, 2013-2017, Defence of Swale Recording Form (Unpublished document). SKE32091.
<2> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<3> War Office, 1919, Chatham Land Front Map (Map). SKE32116.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 2013-2017. Defence of Swale Recording Form. |
| <2> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <3> | Map: War Office. 1919. Chatham Land Front Map. |
