Building record TR 34 SW 418 - Stebbing Down Square Pillbox

Type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered. The embrasures on the downhill side are set lower in the walls than those on the uphill side.

Pillbox (Sector 5). Cassini ref 735590.

At Elms Wood, at edge of wood beside track.

Square pillbox approx 16ft square with overhanging roof slab. Brick-shuttered, 2ft thick walls and 2 embrasures per wall. The type seems to be peculiar to Dover.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : On fairly steep hillside
Tourism Potential : Perhaps as part of heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 23/01/07

Historic England archive material: DEB01 Defence of Britain This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Box files containing the record sheets gathered from participants in the Defence of Britain Project. The project recorded, with the help of volunteers, the remains of military structures in Britain. The collection is arranged by county and split between anti-invasion and non anti-invasion defences. The record sheets record the visible structures and include location details, structure type and purpose and include photographs.

Pillbox of common Dover type - square, brick-shuttered, with over-hanging roof slab and 2 embrasures per side.

Standard brick construction square pillbox with concrete roof slab 15ft by 15ft. Pillbox of common Dover type - square with overhanging roof slab and two embrasures per side. Built of brick shuttered concrete, and in poor condition.

[This pillbox appears to have two SMR entries and references - see 'Designation']. At Elms Vale, on hillside above Eaves Road. (2)

08/06/40, Dover Defence Scheme (Map). SKE14251.

<1> Burridge, David, Dovers Square Pillboxes, Page Nos. 8 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6411.

<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.