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Type 22 pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/01/16)
Type 22 pillbox. [Not closely inspected]. Built of reinforced concrete and in fair condition.
(Source: SMR )
Pillbox. Manned by 8th Bn. Royal Fusliliers. Cassini ref. 696827.
(Source: Document 1940/06/20)
Type 22 pillbox in prominent position on a low ridge. Faces N towards Sarre Bridge. Concrete-faced. No access. In private field with 'Keep Out' signs: field in crop. Viewed from a distance.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/10)
Pillbox plotted from German defences map. It is surrounded by a barbed wire perimeter.
(Source: Map 1940/09/03)
Pillbox plotted from air photographs. Faces NW.
(Source: Air Photograph 1950/04/22)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | S of Sarre Bridge, on a ridge in a field on the E side of the A28 road. |
Area |
Sarre, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 2542 6469
(Scale: 1:10000
, 1992)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Burridge, David (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Sarre nodal point - Defences of Sarre Category 'A' nodal point. Cassini ref. R7083. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0001004 |
Associated Identifier | Kent SMR (ref: KE16546: TR 26 SE 32) |
Reference |
1940/06/20 Defence Instruction No.21 1950/04/22 541/508 (frs.4072-4073) 1969/04/04 MAL/69029 (fr.205) 1940/09/03 Sheet (Blatt) 40 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940/06/20 Field Visit, On 1996/01/16 Field Visit, On 2004/02/10 |