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Hexagonal type pillbox (brick-shuttered), with 7 embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/03/12)
A thick-walled type 24 pillbox in the grounds of Penshurst Place. Brick-shuttered.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/09/12)
Type 24 pillbox, brick-skinned, situated in gently sloping valley of River Medway, with field of fire S towards Penshurst Place. [No access to interior of pillbox as the entrance is half-blocked with brickwork].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/02/01)
Hexagonal pillbox (type 24) plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces E.
(Source: Map 1969)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Faces E. Doorway half-blocked. Two steps down to interior. Untrimmed brick corners. Access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/01)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        In Penshurst Park, N of Penshurst Place, close to a line of trees.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Penshurst, Kent, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 52521 44398
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1969)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Urquhart, Cyril
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to  Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. 

 
 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
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0002424
         

     (2) - exterior views.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0002424

      

      

        Original Reference
        7754
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1998/03/12 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998

            Field Visit, On 1998/09/12 

            Field Visit, On 1998/02/01 

            Field Visit, On 2003/12/01 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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