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Hexagonal type pillbox (brick-shuttered), with 7 stepped embrasures: grass camouflage still on roof.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/03/12)
Standard type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered, situated adjacent to trees and field boundary. Field of fire NW across River Eden valley.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/02/20)
Hexagonal pillbox (type 24) plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces N.
(Source: Map 1969)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. In good, clean condition. Access possible including interior. Faces NNW.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/01)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
|---|---|
| Location | W of Warren Farm, by a watercourse from the River Eden. |
| Area |
Penshurst, Kent, England |
| Grid reference |
TQ 51766 43419
(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 |
(2) - exterior views. |
| DOB site reference: | S0002428 |
| Original Reference | 7758 |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/03/12 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998 Field Visit, On 1998/02/20 Field Visit, On 2003/12/01 |
