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Type 24 pillbox, with brick shuttering which is in bad condition: used as a shed.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/08)
Pillbox [Sector 3]. Cassini ref 669747
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox, with internal anti-ricochet wall removed and used as a wood store but with no door in place. Stands tall on a mound with three steps up to entrance. Square embrasures. Faces E along road. Access including interior possible although on land owned by the public house. Very overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/10)
Pillbox plotted from German map.
(Source: Map 1940/11/20)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/05/01)
Pillbox detailed in cited article. For camouflage, it was painted the same colour as the adjacent public house.
(Source: Article 1991/05)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Alongside the entrance to the carpark of the Haywain public house, on the A257 road at Bramling.. |
Area |
Ickham and Well, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 22760 56715
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is very overgrown. |
Recorder | Howe, Jeff (Kent Defence Research Group) |
Photographs |
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Adjacent sites | TR 223574; TR 212596; TR 219586; TR 224579. |
DOB site reference: | S0001116 |
Reference |
1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 117 1946/05/01 106G/UK/1449 (fr.3063) 1991/05 Some Pillboxes and Stop Lines: Aspects of Defence Preparations in East Kent 1940 1940/11/27 List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks |
Event |
Construction, By 1940/11 Field Visit, During 1995/08 |