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Type 22 pillbox. Rear porch guards entrance.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/06/03)
A type 22 pillbox, with a rear porch guarded entrance. Built of reinforced concrete, and still in good condition.
(Source: SMR )
Type FW3/22 pillbox. Concrete-faced, with brick attached external blast wall.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/29)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | N side of Royal Military Canal, approximately 100 metres E of St. Rumwold's Church, Bonnington. |
Area |
Bonnington, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 059 342
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Burridge, David (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. |
Photographs |
(1) - exterior view (DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0001767 |
Associated Identifier | Kent SMR (ref: KE16976: TR 03 NW 15) |
Original Reference | 7084 |
Reference |
1941/01/12 German map showing defences of Romney Marsh |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/06/03 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/08/29 |