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Six-sided pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/08/31)
Type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/08)
Pillbox. Cassini ref 659767
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Pillbox. Manned by 9th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Cassini ref. 660767.
(Source: Document 1940/06/20)
Pillbox. Serial no. 86. Cassini ref. 659767.
(Source: Document 1940/10/23)
Concrete-faced type 24 pillbox by the Little Stour. No access as cultivated field around. Badly overgrown. Probably faces E towards site of roadblock [see UORN 16907].
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/10)
Pillbox plotted from German map.
(Source: Map 1941/06/01)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/05/01)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
---|---|
Location | By the Little Stour river on its N bank, SW of Wickhambreaux Church. |
Area |
Wickhambreaux, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 2186 5859
(Scale: 1:10000
, 1983)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is very overgrown. |
Recorder | Bramley, Jon |
Photographs |
(1) - exterior view. |
Adjacent sites | TR 212596; TR 227567; TR 224579; TR 223574. |
DOB site reference: | S0001636 |
Original Reference | 6951 |
Reference |
1977 A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 117 1940/06/20 Defence Instruction No.21 1940/10/23 Home Defence Instructions No.95 1946/05/01 106G/UK/1449 (fr.4064) 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 |
Field Visit, On 1996/08/31 Construction, By 1940/06/20 Field Visit, During 1995/08 Field Visit, On 2004/02/10 |