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Type 24 pillbox, in very poor condition with outer brick shuttering robbed.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/04/15)
Pillbox (Sector 5). Cassini ref 735587
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Type 24 pillbox, originally brick-shuttered, but robbed of outer brickwork.
(Source: SMR )
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/08/05)
Medium machine post. 2 x MMGs. 10 x rifles. 2 NCOs and 10 men. Manned by 11th Bn. East Surrey Regiment. Cassini ref. 735586 [also given as 735587].
(Source: Document 1941/04)
Pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1972)
Type 24 pillbox, with exterior brick-shuttering now all removed. Interior anti-ricochet wall also removed. Square, stepped embrasures. Concrete mixed with much pebble inclusion. Cracks in concrete faces. Faces W. Partly overgrown. Access possible, including interior.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/11)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        On Coney Hill above Little Farthingloe Farm, just to S of footpath.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Dover, Kent, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TR 29669 40759
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1972)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Bad

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is partly overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Burridge, David (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Dover nodal point - Defences of Dover nodal point. [Source:  '12 Corps Plan to Defeat Invasion', 16 May 1941 - PRO WO 166/344]. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0000962
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000962

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Kent SMR (ref: KE9241: TR 24 SE 68)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1941/04 Operational Order No.5

             1945/08/05 106G/UK/610 (fr.6370)

             1940/11/27 List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, By 1940/11 

            Field Visit, On 1995/04/15 

            Field Visit, On 2004/02/11 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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