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Six-sided pillbox, brick-shuttered.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/08)
Pillbox [Sector 3]. Cassini ref 668740
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Strongpoint. Cottage. Cassini ref. 669740.
(Source: Document 1940/07/03)
Hexagonal (type 24) pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces NE.
(Source: Map 1956)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox standing on summit of Down. Faces NE. Has vertical rifle ports in rear (entrance) face. Footpaths have been ploughed out. No access when field in crop. Viewed from distance - appears in 'good' condition with interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/10)
Strongpoint on Bramling Downs protecting Canterbury. Cassini ref. 669740.
(Source: Document 1940/07/04)
Pillbox plotted from German map - shown as with anti-aircraft fire capability.
(Source: Map 1940/11/20)
Pillbox plotted from air photographs.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/04/04)
Pillbox detailed in cited article. There were slit trenches dug around it.
(Source: Article 1991/05)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        Within field close to footpath at site of Appleton Farm on Bramling Downs.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Ickham and Well, Kent, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TR 22852 56038
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1956)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Bramley, Jon
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0001638
         

     (1) - exterior view.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001638

      

      

        Original Reference
        6953
      

      

        Reference
        
             1940/07/04 Operation Instruction No.8

             1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 117

             1940/07/03 Operation Instruction No.15

             1946/04/04 106G/UK/1378 (fr.7163)

             1946/05/01 106G/UK/1449 (fr.4110)

             1991/05 Some Pillboxes and Stop Lines: Aspects of Defence Preparations in East Kent 1940

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1996/09/08 

            Construction, By 1940/07 

            Field Visit, On 2004/02/10 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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