Monument record TQ 45 NE 378 - Possible firewatcher's post, Fort Halstead

Pillbox sited on rampart of Fort Halstead 'London Mobilisation Centre'. It is of composite brick/concrete construction - possibly octagonal. For two-thirds its height it appeared to be brick with a pre-set concrete 'collar' set on top containing the embrasures: there is a flat concrete roof. A similar style of construction has been seen in Woolwich Arsenal, though much smaller and square in plan. Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent. (1)

A PastScape website user suggests that this may have been a firewatcher's post; rather than a true pillbox. The user notes that the height of the embrasure would make it difficult to fire out of. In order to see out of the embrasure one has to climb onto a wooden step/bench along the wall below the embrasure. (2)

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.

<2> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.