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Six-sided pillbox, brick-shuttered.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/08)
Pillbox [Sector 2]. Cassini ref 666743
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Hexagonal (type 24) pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1956)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox, facing NW. Very overgrown. Square, stepped embrasures, but vertical rifle ports either side of entrance. By footpath. Interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/10)
Pillbox plotted from German map - shown as with anti-aircraft fire capability.
(Source: Map 1940/11/20)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/05/01)
Pillbox detailed in cited article. It was camouflaged as a tin shed and had slit trenches around it.
(Source: Article 1991/05)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        At junction of Bramling Road and the lane to Bramling Gap.


      

      

        Area
        
 
 Ickham and Well, Kent, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TR 22563 56230
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1956)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is very overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Bramley, Jon
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0001639
         

     (1) - exterior view.  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        One of a number of similar pillboxes spread across a few kilometres in this rather flat area.


      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001639

      

      

        Original Reference
        6954
      

      

        Reference
        
             1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 117

             1946/05/01 106G/UK/1449 (fr.3063)

             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
        
            Construction, By 1940/11 

            Field Visit, On 1996/09/08 

            Field Visit, On 2004/02/10 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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