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Rectangular pillbox by the road - heavily overgrown and hard to see. It faces towards Canterbury.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/01/23)
Rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
Probably a rectangular type 23 pillbox with square, open central well for anti-aircraft fire - of the type most often found in Lincolnshire. Heavily overgrown and with rubbish piled around. Concrete-faced.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/10)
Rectangular-shaped pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1955/06/06)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) |
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Location | On the bend of the A28 road on the NE side of Sarre. |
Area |
Sarre, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 25880 65041
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is very heavily overgrown. |
Recorder | Guy, John A. (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: | S0013474 |
Reference |
1955/06/06 58/1779 (fr.49) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2001/01/23 Field Visit, On 2004/02/10 |