TQ 77 SE 133 - Pillbox, Lower Upnor, Frindsbury Extra

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Monument record TQ 77 SE 133 - Pillbox, Lower Upnor, Frindsbury Extra

Summary

A type 24 Pillbox remains in good condition set in the modern concrete promenade by the road on the foreshore at Lower Upnor. It was built in 1940 to provide flanking fire along the beach and to protect the road from the beach. Summary from record TQ 77 SE 1306: Fair condition type 24 infantry pillbox. . Facing South.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 7623 7123 (point)
Map sheet	TQ77SE
County	KENT
Civil Parish	FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority	MEDWAY

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MMRG, 07/07/07, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). SKE14531.

MMRG, 07/07/07, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). Ske14531.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). SKE14479.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). Ske14479.

<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9510.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9756.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9758.

<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9841.

<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9870.

<7> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10024.

<8> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10373.

<9> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

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--- SKE14479 Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War diary..
--- SKE14479 Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War diary..
--- SKE14531 Photograph: MMRG. 07/07/07. Type 24 pill box.
--- SKE14531 Photograph: MMRG. 07/07/07. Type 24 pill box.
<1> SKE6445 Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
<2> SWX9510 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3119. print.
<3> SWX9756 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 5199. print.
<4> SWX9758 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 5217. print.
<5> SWX9841 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3084. print.
<6> SWX9870 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4100. print.
<7> SWX10024 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3059. print.
<8> SWX10373 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 60. print.
<9> SWX12121 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Non-Intrusive Event: Survey, North Kent Coastal Zone: Phase ll, Year One (Ref: 56750) (EWX8437)

Record last edited

Apr 5 2019 11:19AM