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Pillbox; no specification.
(Source: Book )
Pillbox [shown on German map of defences in East Kent].
(Source: Map 1940/08/08)
Type FW3/22 pillbox, concrete-faced. It has a brick external blast wall which is in poor condition.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/29)
Pillbox.
(Source: Map 1940/10/31)
Polygonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1976)
Concrete-faced type 22 pillbox of variant form with an attached brick (slab-roofed) entry porch. Dug into the bank above the Canal, so standing low unlike adjacent UORN 8224. Internal brick anti-ricochet wall is present. Damage to E face and embrasure. Faces Canal (S). The embrasures have one level of stepping unlike UORN 8224. Built using horizontal wood planking for shuttering. The entry porch is becoming detached. Access possible including interior.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/12)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | On N bank of Royal Military Canal W of Bilsington bridge. |
Area |
Bilsington, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 03722 33805
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1976)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
Defence grouping |
South East Command: Stop Line (Romney Marsh) - Stop Line from Rye (East Sussex) to Sandgate E of Hythe (Kent), following the line of the Royal Military Canal. |
Photographs |
![]() (1) - exterior view. |
DOB site reference: | S0008223 |
Reference |
1977 A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1940/08/08 Sheet (Blatt) 1/73 1940/10/31 Z Sector Dispositions of 1/RUR and Supporting Forces |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940/08/08 Field Visit, On 2000/08/29 Field Visit, On 2004/02/12 |