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Type 22 concrete-faced pillbox with exterior blast wall protecting entrance.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/16)
Type 22 variant pillbox, concrete-faced, with guarded covered concrete entrance, straight blast wall, and vertical wood inserts for shelves fitted under each embrasure. Field of fire E across Canal.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/06/02)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | Cliff Marsh Farm, on Royal Military Canal, S of Stone in Oxney (Stone cum Ebony). |
Area |
Stone cum Ebony, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 942 255
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
South East Command: Stop Line (Romney Marsh) - Stop Line from Rye (East Sussex) to Sandgate E of Hythe (Kent), following the line of the Royal Military Canal. |
Photographs |
(2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Type 22 pillboxes to N and SW. |
DOB site reference: | S0012083 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2000/08/16 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/06/02 |