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Monument details

Summary

Probable pillbox associated with the coastal defences south of Joss Bay, North Foreland, mapped from military aerial photographs first visible from photographs taken from January 1941.

Monument Types

• MILITARY BUILDING (Modern - 1941 AD to 1945 AD)
• PILLBOX? (Modern - 1941 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Rectangular structure, probably a Second World War pillbox, is located south of Joss Bay, North Foreland. It is associated with the other coastal defences that are present along this coastline, including a length of barbed wire (MWX43012). The structure has been mapped from military aerial photographs taken in May 1942 [1], but is first visible in the photographs from January 1941 [2]. There is no evidence of the structure on photographs taken in April 1946.

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

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