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Monument details

HER Number:MWX43321
Type of record:Monument
Name:WWII Pillbox, south-west of Aycliff

Summary

'Dover square' pillbox from WWII. Mapped from military aerial photographs. Believed to be removed before March 1978.


Grid Reference:TR 30022 39663
Map Sheet:TR33NW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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South west of Aycliff, positioned on the south side of old Folkestone Road, with dimensions approximately 5m by 5m this pillbox was evident on the 2nd February 1941 [1]. Digitised from the 5th of August 1945 [2]. Last identified from vertical aerial photographs in August 1968 [3]. Believed to be removed before March 1978 [4].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.

Related records

MWX43443Parent of: Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery camp, Dover (Monument)