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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 422 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Citadel south counterscarp type A Quad pillbox, Western Heights, Dover |
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Summary
A number of pill boxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century, to cover the approaches to the heights and are generally inter-visible. This is a Type A Quad (of which there are three others). All are constructed in concrete with brick facings inside and out, concrete floors and flat overhanging reinforced concrete roofs. This example is situated south of the Citadel. It measures 2.73m on each internal face and 1.76m high to the present ground level; the walls are 0.6m thick. The doorway in the west wall is 0.7m wide. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3080 4032 |
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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)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1020298: FORTIFICATIONS, ROMAN LIGHTHOUSE AND MEDIEVAL CHAPEL ON WESTERN HEIGHTS |
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Full description
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A number of pill boxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century, to cover the approaches to the heights and are generally inter-visible. This is a Type A Quad (of which there are three others). All are constructed in concrete with brick facings inside and out, concrete floors and flat overhanging reinforced concrete roofs. This example is situated south of the Citadel. It measures 2.73m on each internal face and 1.76m high to the present ground level; the walls are 0.6m thick. The doorway in the west wall is 0.7m wide. (1)
Square pillbox approx 16ft square with overhanging roof slab. Brick-shuttered, 2ft thick walls and 2 embrasures per wall. The type seems to be peculiar to Dover. Owner : Unknown Publicly accessible : Yes How accessed for survey : On top of very steep artificially scarped bank Tourism Potential : As part of heritage trail Condition : good (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>XY | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945. [Mapped feature: #40909 Pillbox, ] |
| <2> | Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. |
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