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Concrete type 22 pillbox facing SE. Brick shelter built over entrance door
(Source: Field Visit 1997/05/02)
Pillbox [shown on German map of defences in East Kent].
(Source: Map 1940/08/08)
A type 22 pillbox on the N bank of the Royal Military Canal at Ruckinge. Built of concrete and brick and still in good condition. Its direction is SE, and it has a brick shelter built over the entrance way.
(Source: SMR )
Type FW3/22 pillbox. Entrance partly blocked. Concrete-faced.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/29)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1940/07/12)
Concrete-faced type 22 pillbox of a variant form with an attached brick (slab-roofed) entry porch. No access as just inside field fenced with barbed wire. The entry porch shows signs of collapse. Appears in good, clean condition.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/12)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | On N bank of Royal Military Canal E of Ruckinge bridge. |
Area |
Ruckinge, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 02733 33428
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Guy, John A. (Defence of Britain 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. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - sheet of photographs. |
Photographs |
(4) - exterior views printed on sheet; one print. |
DOB site reference: | S0001759 |
Associated Identifier | Kent SMR (ref: KE 16958: TR 03 SW27) |
Original Reference | 7074 |
Reference |
1940/08/08 Sheet (Blatt) 1/73 1940/07/12 26F/UK1448 (fr.2238) |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/05/02 Field Visit, On 1997/05/27 Construction, In the period 1940/07/12 Field Visit, On 2004/02/12 |