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Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox, now buried at rear almost to top of doorway. Faces E across the river. Preserved in landscaped park. Doorway and embrasures blocked.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/17)
Hexagonal (type 24) pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces E.
(Source: Map 1957)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        Now preserved within Whatman Park alongside a path.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Maidstone, Kent, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 75425 56445
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1957)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line (North West Kent) - GHQ Line running from Leigh to River Thames via Medway valley. 

 
 Maidstone nodal point - Defences of Maidstone Category 'A' nodal point.  Cassini ref. R1974. [Source:  List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0016799
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0016799

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2003/12/17 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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