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Pillbox, brick-shuttered, of common Dover type - square with over-hanging roof slab and 2 embrasures per side.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/04/14)
Standard brick construction square pillbox with concrete roof slab 16ft by 16ft. [Survey details and discussion of type]. (1)
(Source: SMR )
Pillbox (Sector 5). Cassini ref 745588
(Source: Document 1940/11/27)
Square pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1957)
Dover-type pillbox with overhanging roof slab on edge of Citadel ramparts. Viewed from a distance.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/02/11)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | On the Western Heights, on scarp of N bastion of the Citadel, above Hardwicke Road. |
Area |
Dover, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 30655 40805
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1957)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
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: | S0000976 |
Associated Identifier | Kent SMR (ref: KE13613: TR 34 SW 421) |
Reference |
1940/11/27 List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks |
Event |
Construction, By 1940/11 Field Visit, On 1995/04/14 Field Visit, On 2004/02/11 |