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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 NE 330 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII type 23 pillbox, Kingsdown |
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Summary
WWII type 23 pillbox visible in 1946, located in Kingsdown. The feature was rectangular in shape and was located 77m from the high water mark. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 showed the feature to be absent.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37999 47671 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | RINGWOULD WITH KINGSDOWN, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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WWII type 23 pillbox visible on aerial photography taken in 1946 [1], located in Kingsdown. The feature was rectangular in shape, measured approximately 4.2m x 8m and was located 77m from the high water mark. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [2, 3] showed the feature to be absent.
This site is represented by the National Monuments Record as ‘Second World War reinforced concrete illbox. On coast at Kingsdown.’ (NMR1423891).
A transcription of the feature recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
John Guy (2014) was sure that the site was in fact the site of a 12-pounder gun emplacement and that until recently there was a visible holdfast.(4)
<2> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3847 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<3> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3747 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<4> John Guy, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE15418.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <2> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3847 14-AUG-2003. |
| <3> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3747 14-AUG-2003. |
| <4> | Verbal communication: John Guy. Verbal Communication. |
