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Pillbox by crossroads. Manned by Home Guard. DESTROYED.
(Source: Article 1994)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | Near the junction of the Rye-Tunbridge Wells road (A268) and the Maidstone-Hastings road (A229). |
Area |
Hawkhurst, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 760 306
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | O'Keeffe, Patrick |
Defence grouping |
Hawkhurst nodal point - Defences of Hawkhurst Category 'B' nodal point. Cassini ref. R1948. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. Also designated a 'fortress' [Source: 45 Div. Defence Scheme, 1940 - PRO WO 166/536]. |
DOB site reference: | S0007123 |
Reference |
1994/03 The Lad's Army |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Destruction, Before 1970 |