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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 SE 315 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | First World War square pillbox in field alongside Sittingbourne & Milton Golf Course. |
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Summary
A square, concrete pillbox that has one loophole (embrasure)of a machine gun, Part of Chatham and Land Front defences. Intended for a Lewis Machine Gun. There is a doorway in the north corner of the west wall measuring 5 feet 2 inches high by 2 feet 3 inches wide. The main walls are 24 inches thick, with the rear wall being 12 inches thick.
The pillbox is badly overgrown with Ivy, which makes it all but impossible to see in satellite images.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8640 6375 |
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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 that has one loophole (embrasure)of a machine gun, Part of Chatham and Land Front defences (3). It is facing SE, which measures 5 feet 6 inches wide by 15 inches high, intended for a Lewis Machine Gun. There is a doorway in the north corner of the west wall measuring 5 feet 2 inches high by 2 feet 3 inches wide. The main walls are 24 inches thick, with the rear wall being 12 inches thick.
The pillbox is badly overgrown with Ivy, which makes it all but impossible to see in satellite images.
Condition: 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 Kent County Council, 2013-2017, Defence of Swale Recording Form (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 2013-2017.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. |
