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Hexagonal type pillbox, with 7 embrasures: still has grass camouflage on roof.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/02/27)
Type 24 pillbox. 'Thick walled'.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Standard type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered, situated adjacent to River Medway.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/02/20)
Hexagonal pillbox (type 24) plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces ENE.
(Source: Map 1969)
Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox. In middle of cultivated field. No access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/02)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | In field W of River Medway and S of the River Eden close to their confluence, S of Penshurst. |
Area |
Penshurst, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 52680 43271
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1969)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
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 |
(2) - exterior and site views. |
DOB site reference: | S0002421 |
Original Reference | 7751 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/02/27 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1997 Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998 Field Visit, On 1998/02/20 Field Visit, On 2003/12/02 |