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Concrete-faced type 28a anti-tank gun emplacement. Overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/12/04)
Brick-shuttered type 28A anti-tank gun emplacement. Main stepped, square embrasure faces ENE, with holdfast for 6pdr. gun. Has interior dividing wall creating side LMG chamber. Chamfered corners. Earth now piled up at rear and overgrown. Access, including interior, possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/17)
Large, rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1969)
Rectangular pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/05/01)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) |
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Location | Close to the S edge of the M20 motorway and the railway line, by a footpath adjacent to the Business Park at Allington Quarry. |
Area |
Maidstone, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 74238 58192
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1969)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The emplacement is overgrown. |
Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (North West Kent) - GHQ Line running from Leigh to River Thames via Medway valley. |
Photographs |
(1) - exterior view. |
DOB site reference: | S0009513 |
Reference |
1946/05/01 106G/UK/1444 (fr.3404) 1947/01/16 CPE/UK/1923 (fr.3191) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/12/04 Field Visit, On 2003/12/17 |