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Hexagonal pillbox, corrugated concrete, with 4 embrasures only.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/01/30)
Shell-proof type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Concrete pillbox - faces SW. Corrugated iron used as shuttering on outside and inside walls. Short sheets used, two sheets high; narrow sheets for above embrasures. Step beside NW wall. Planks used as shuttering for roof.
(Source: Field Visit 1986)
Type 24 pillbox, built using corrugated iron shuttering.
(Source: Article 1993)
Polygonal pillbox - faces SW.
(Source: Field Visit 1989/06/01)
Type 24 pillbox with 5 small-arms embrasures. Cast into corrugated iron shuttering [most unusual for this Surrey area where brick shuttering is the norm]. Very good condition, although the interior cannot be examined owing to land slippage towards the entrance
(Source: Field Visit 2000/01)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/04/16)
Hexagonal (type 24) pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
No access to this pillbox without permission as on private farming land.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/03)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
|---|---|
| Location | On E side of River Mole, beneath W slopes of Box Hill opposite playing fields behind Pixholme Court. |
| Area |
Dorking, Surrey, England |
| Grid reference |
TQ 17488 50951
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Corrugated Iron, Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Soil Movement (Immediate) Detail: The entrance to the pillbox is half buried by soil movement. |
| Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
| 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. Dorking Gap defences - Defences (associated with the GHQ Line) of the Dorking Gap (valley of the River Mole passing between the North Downs). |
| Photographs |
(4) - exterior view (1 DIGITISED), |
| DOB site reference: | S0006830 |
| Reference |
1993/05 Pillbox Typology Part 2 1999 Ironside's Line 1941/04/16 26H/UK1452 (fr.4355) |
| Event |
Field Visit, During 2000/01 Field Visit, On 1989/06/01 Field Visit, In the period 1986 1987 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/01/30 Field Visit, On 2003/12/03 |
