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Pillbox [Sector 5]. Cassini ref 740580
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Square pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Document 1972)
Fallen roof slab of a Dover-type square pillbox, with brick rubble adjacent. Probably in situ and pillbox foundations beneath the slab. On site of camp for HAA Battery.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/11)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | To the S of the concrete military road on the spine of Long Hill on site of former camp. |
Area |
Dover, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 29999 40060
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Very Bad |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas 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]. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0014796 |
Reference |
1941/01 Dover Defence Scheme 1940/11/27 List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks |
Event |
Construction, By 1940/11 Field Visit, On 2004/02/11 |