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Type 22 pillbox. No. 60.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Concrete-faced type 22 pillbox, set low in ground on bank of canal.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/16)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | E of Appledore on Royal Military Canal. |
Area |
Appledore, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 959 301
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Deere, Peter (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Appledore nodal point - Defences of Appledore Category 'A' nodal point. Cassini ref. R3947. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. Also designated a 'fortress' [Source: 45 Div. Defence Scheme, 1940 - PRO WO 166/536]. 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 (DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0008254 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1997 Field Visit, On 2000/08/16 |