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Two posts of the 11th Bn. East Surrey Regiment were situated in this area - 'Gorse' at 736581 with 4 x rifles and a Tommy Gun (Coy HQ - 2 officers, CSM, CQMS) and 'A/Tk Rifle Post' on lane (735582, part of Coy HQ) with 2 x rifles and an a/tk rifle (2 men).
(Source: Document 1941/04)
TR 296401. Standard brick construction square pillbox with concrete roof slab 17ft by 17ft. [Survey details and discussion of type]. (1)
(Source: SMR )
Pillbox (Sector 5). Cassini ref 735580
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Manned concrete pillbox. Cassini ref. 736581. 11th Bn. East Surrey Regiment.
(Source: Document 1941/04)
Square pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1972)
Brick-shuttered, square Dover-type pillbox with overhanging roof slab. Semi-buried. Faces N. Entrance on S side. Access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/11)
Square pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/08/05)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
---|---|
Location | On N side of Farthingloe HAA battery on Long Hill. |
Area |
Dover, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 29621 40068
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1972)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Burridge, David (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Dover nodal point - Defences of Dover nodal point. [Source: '12 Corps Plan to Defeat Invasion', 16 May 1941 - PRO WO 166/344]. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0000966 |
Associated Identifier | Kent SMR (ref: KE13623: TR 24 SE 61) |
Reference |
1941/04 Dover Defence Scheme 1941/04 Operational Order No.5 1945/08/05 106G/UK/610 (fr.6437) 1940/11/27 List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks |
Event |
Construction, By 1940/11 Field Visit, On 1995/04/14 Field Visit, On 2004/02/11 |