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Hexagonal concrete pillbox. Very overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/03/20)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | In a field at the rear of Pauls House, near Leigh railway station. |
Area |
Leigh, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 545 461
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Medium Term) Detail: Pillbox totally overgrown so that virtually no part can be seen. Concrete roof is splitting. |
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. GHQ Line (North West Kent) - GHQ Line running from Leigh to River Thames via Medway valley. |
Photographs | (1) - exterior view. |
DOB site reference: | S0000877 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/03/20 |