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Type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/04/15)
Type 24 pillbox. Originally brick-shuttered, but robbed of external bricks. Embrasures at different heights.
(Source: SMR )
Manned concrete pillbox. Cassini ref. 734587. 11th Bn. East Surrey Regiment.
(Source: Document 1941/04)
'Pillbox North'. Platoon HQ. Cassini ref. 734587. 11th Bn. East Surrey Regiment.1 officer, 3 NCOs, 7 men. Tommy Gun, 2in mortar, LMG, 10 x rifles.
(Source: Document 1941/04)
Pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1972)
Type 24 pillbox, with most of exterior brick shuttering removed. No interior anti-ricochet wall. Splayed rear-facing embrasures each side of doorway. Faces W. Access possible, including interior.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/11)
Pillbox (Sector 5). Cassini ref 733588
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Inside clump of woodland projecting from Elms Wood on former field boundary, Stepping Down. |
Area |
Dover, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 29465 40813
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1972)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is 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 |
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DOB site reference: | S0000964 |
Associated Identifier | Kent SMR (ref: KE9242: TR 24 SE 69) |
Reference |
1941/01 Dover Defence Scheme 1941/04 Dover Defence Scheme 1941/04 Operational Order No.5 1940/11/27 List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1941/04 Field Visit, On 1995/04/15 Field Visit, On 2004/02/11 |