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Pillbox [Sector 5]. Cassini ref 735581
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Manned concrete pillbox. Cassini ref. 735582. 11th Bn. East Surrey Regiment.
(Source: Document 1941/04)
Rectangular pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1972)
Dover-type square pillbox with overhanging roof slab. Brick-shuttered. Built on hill slope with two levels of embrasures. Faces NW. Entrance, half-blocked, on SE side. Access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/11)
Pillbox shown on map - 'Lane No.2'.
(Source: Map 1941/02/02)
Large, square pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/08/05)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
---|---|
Location | On N side of Long Hill overlooking Great Farthingloe. |
Area |
Dover, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 29681 40145
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1972)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
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: | S0014814 |
Reference |
1941/01 Dover Defence Scheme 1941/04 Dover Defence Scheme 1945/08/05 106G/UK/610 (fr.6437) 1941/02/02 Tracing of Dover and defences manned by 7th Hamps 1940/11/27 List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks |
Event |
Construction, By 1940/11 Field Visit, On 2004/02/11 |