Data copyright © Council for British Archaeology unless otherwise stated
This work is licensed under the ADS Terms of Use and Access.
Council for British Archaeology
92 Micklegate
York
YO1 6JX
England
Tel: +44 (0)1904
Fax: 671417
Anti-tank pillbox (brick-shuttered); very overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/02/27)
Type 28 anti-tank gun emplacement, brick-shuttered, situated adjacent to the road. Field of fire S to Long Bridge.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/02/20)
Square structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1969)
Square anti-tank gun emplacement. Brick-shuttered. Faces S towards Long Bridge. One main embrasure and two LMG embrasures. Chamfered corners but with untrimmed bricks. Access possible (near field gate) including interior. 6pdr. gun holdfast in situ.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/02)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28) |
---|---|
Location | Off the Penshurst to Fordcombe Road (B2188), near Long Bridge; just inside field gate. |
Area |
Penshurst, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 52408 43308
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1969)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: Emplacement very overgrown. |
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 |
(3) - exterior views. |
DOB site reference: | S0002434 |
Original Reference | 7764 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/02/27 Field Visit, During 1997 Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998 Field Visit, On 1998/02/20 Field Visit, On 2003/12/02 |