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Hexagonal pillbox with 7 embrasures. Brick-shuttered. Grass on roof [remains of camouflage?].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/02/20)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1969)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Faces E across river. No access. Private land.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/02)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | At edge of field E of B2188 road close to the W bank of the river, S of Penshurst village. |
Area |
Penshurst, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 52567 43335
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1969)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
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. 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]. |
Photographs | (1) - exterior view. |
DOB site reference: | S0000926 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/02/20 Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998 Field Visit, On 2003/12/02 |