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Hexagonal pillbox, with 7 embrasures: brick shuttered.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/03/12)
Type 24 pillbox, situated on the flood plain of the River Medway, with field of fire across the river valley and the river.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/01/11)
Type 24 pillbox. 'Thick-walled'.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1969)
Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox. Faces E. Interior access possible. Concrete anti-ricochet wall. Clean condition inside: partly overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/02)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | E of New Cottage and Ford Place Farm, at edge of field and close to footbridge over the river. |
Area |
Penshurst, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 52962 42739
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1969)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is partly overgrown. |
Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (East Sussex / Kent) - Section from Crowborough - Penshurst, passing to the W of Tunbridge Wells. Penshurst nodal point - Defences of Penshurst Category 'B' nodal point. Cassini ref. Q9662. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
Photographs |
3) - exterior and site views. |
Adjacent sites | Type 24 pillboxes to S (TQ 530427) and N (300 metres apart). |
DOB site reference: | S0002412 |
Original Reference | 7742 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/03/12 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1997 Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998 Field Visit, On 1998/01/11 Field Visit, On 2003/12/02 |