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6pdr. anti-tank gun position in wall.
(Source: Book 1997)
Anti-tank pillbox sited behind Dover Castle wall. Embrasure made by removing top of buttress.
[Recorder Carson gives NGR - TR 324420].
(Source: Field Visit 1987/01)
Pillbox (Sector 5). Cassini ref 765594
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
It is possibly this pillbox that is scheduled by English Heritage, although the scheduling notice gives NGR - TR 32574187.
(Source: English Heritage schedule )
Type of site | ANTI TANK GUN EMPLACEMENT |
---|---|
Location | Dover Castle. |
Area |
Dover, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 325 417
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | 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]. |
DOB site reference: | S0007358 |
Associated Identifier | Scheduled Monument (ref: 30281) |
Reference |
1997 Kent 1940/11/27 List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks |
Event |
Construction, By 1940/11 Field Visit, During 1987/01 |