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Building record TR 24 SE 80 - WW2 pillbox, Farthingloe, Lunnons Wood

Summary

Unfinished Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox of common Dover type, brick-shuttered : square with overhanging roof slab and 2 embrasures per side. North-West corner of Lunnons Wood, North of Farthingloe Farm

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Grid reference	TR 2929 4064 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR24SE
County	KENT
District	DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish	DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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PILLBOX (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)

Full Description

Pillbox of common Dover type- suare with overhanging roof slab and two embrasures per side. Built only to height of embrasure sills and left unfinished. C. 1940. Built of brick shuttered concrete and in poor condition. Located in the NW corner of Lunnons wWood. (1)

Description from record :
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. This example built to base of embrasures and never completed.

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

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

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SKE6447 Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG/FSG.
<2> SKE32029 Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain Project.