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Pillbox made with prefabricated reinforced concrete panels. 3 embrasures. Its entrance has been filled in with earth and one panel has been broken.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/12/10)
Small, rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1965)
Type of site | PILLBOX (PREFABRICATED) |
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Location | On N bank of River Medway, at the rear of a Shell oil plant, close to Aylesford Bridge and the railway line. |
Area |
Aylesford, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 72695 58920
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1965)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is very 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 (DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0009642 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/12/10 |