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Small brick-shuttered pillbox - seen from a distance but possibly a type 22.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/02/18)
Pillbox - brick-shuttered. Probably faces S. Viewed from distance.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/01)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | In the grounds of The Moat, to the N of the bridleway leading from the B2176 road which runs to the W of Penshurst Place grounds. |
Area |
Penshurst, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 5234 4400
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1969)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. Penshurst nodal point - Defences of Penshurst Category 'B' nodal point. Cassini ref. Q9662. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
DOB site reference: | S0010185 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/02/18 Field Visit, On 2003/12/01 |