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Type 24 pillbox. Brick-skinned. Situated near W bank of River Medway.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/01/11)
Type 24 pillbox. 'Thick walled'.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Hexagonal pillbox (type 24) plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces N.
(Source: Map 1969)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Faces NE. Overgrown. Access possible but in cultivated field where footpath that once ran past it has been ploughed out. Interior access possible. Concrete anti-ricochet wall.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/02)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Amongst clump of trees in field SE of Ford Place Farm. |
Area |
Penshurst, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 53127 42547
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1969)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is overgrown. |
Recorder | Deere, Peter (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (East Sussex / Kent) - Section from Crowborough - Penshurst, passing to the W of Tunbridge Wells. |
Photographs |
(2) - exterior view. |
DOB site reference: | S0008236 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1997 Field Visit, On 1990/01/11 Field Visit, On 2003/12/02 Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998 |