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Type 24 pillbox. 'Thick walled'.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Standard type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered, situated on E side of River Eden, with field of fire W across road and along farm track to bridge over river.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/03)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1969)
Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox. Faces W. No access - private land. Grass on roof.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/01)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | W of Penshurst village, on N side of lane E of River Eden. |
Area |
Penshurst, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 52141 43789
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1969)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
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 |
(1) - exterior view. |
DOB site reference: | S0008232 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1997 Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998 Field Visit, On 1998/05/03 Field Visit, On 2003/12/01 |