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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43643 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII type 22 pillbox, Kingsdown |
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Summary
WWII type 22 pillbox visible in 1942, 1943 and 1946, located on the beach at Kingsdown. This feature was located within a roughly semi-circular probable beach obstacle comprised of what is likely to have been piled stones (MWX43642). This feature was not visible in 2003.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37930 49885 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | WALMER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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WWII type 22 pillbox visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942, 1943 and 1946 [1, 2 and 3], located on the beach at Kingsdown. This feature was located within the line of a roughly semi-circular probable beach obstacle comprised of what is likely to have been piled stones (MWX43642). This feature lay 45m W of the high water mark. It was not visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [4].
Located 15m to the E was a double line of beach scaffolding (MWX43629).
A transcription of the feature recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<4> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3749 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <4> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3749 14-AUG-2003. |
Related records
| MWX43642 | Part of: WWII probable beach obstacles on beach, Kingsdown (Monument) |
