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Pillbox; no specification.
(Source: Book 1977)
Type FW3/22 pillbox, concrete-faced.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/29)
Pillbox labelled on map as 'unmanned'.
(Source: Map 1940/10/31)
Concrete-faced type 22 pillbox of a variant form with an attached brick (concrete slab roofed) entry porch. It is taller than average - some 8ft. - standing on a circular concrete plinth surrounded by concreted sandbags. Small square embrasures with no stepping, built as part of the structure (i.e. not pre-cast). Internal anti-ricochet wall evidently removed to serve as shelter for sheep. Fittings for wooden shelves at the embrasures can be made out. Faces S across Canal. Entrance in N face through W side of porch. The pillbox walls are cracked and the porch is becoming dangerously detached. Access possible including interior.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/12)
Pillbox plotted from German map.
(Source: Map 1941/06/01)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)
      

      

        Location
        On the N bank of the Royal Military Canal, E of Bilsington bridge.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Bilsington, Kent, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TR 04828 34090
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Bad

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Soil Movement (Medium Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is evidently subject to 'movement' and the walls are cracked. The brick entry porch is detaching dangerously from the main structure.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Urquhart, Cyril
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 South East Command: Stop Line (Romney Marsh) - Stop Line from Rye (East Sussex) to Sandgate E of Hythe (Kent), following the line of the Royal Military Canal. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) - S0008224
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) - S0008224
         

     (1) - exterior view.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0008224

      

      

        Reference
        
             1977 A Handbook of Kent's Defences

             1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 126

             1940/10/31 Z Sector Dispositions of 1/RUR and Supporting Forces

             1941/01/12 German map showing defences of Romney Marsh

             1940/11/20 Sudostkuste England: Schragbildreihe II,  Dungeness - Dover

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940/11 

            Field Visit, On 2000/08/29 

            Field Visit, On 2004/02/12 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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