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This pillbox known from documentary evidence appears to have been within a barn where the evidence of a blocked loophole still survives.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/12)
Pillbox plotted from map.
(Source: Map 1940/10/31)
Type of site | DEFENDED BUILDING |
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Location | Barn facing road at Herne House Farm on B2067 road between Ruckinge and Bilsington. |
Area |
Bilsington, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 0312 3396
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Unknown |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
South East Command: Stop Line (Romney Marsh) - Stop Line from Rye (East Sussex) to Sandgate E of Hythe (Kent), following the line of the Royal Military Canal. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016905 |
Reference |
1940/10/31 Z Sector Dispositions of 1/RUR and Supporting Forces |
Event |
Construction, By 1940/10 Field Visit, On 2004/02/12 |