Building record TR 34 SW 477 - A Second World War type B Quad pillbox, North Entrance, Dover Western Heights

A number of pillboxes were constructed across the Western Heights in the 20th century to cover the approaches to the heights, these are generally inter-visible. This example is a Type B Quad and is located on the northern side of the Western Heights Complex, overlooking the North Entrance. It was constructed in birck on a concrete plinth and a overhanging reinforced concrete roof. It measures 2.58m on each internal side, the north west and south west side both have two embrasures which splay to the exterior and the door is on the south eastern side. (1-3)

Historic England archive material: AF00104 Dover Western Heights, miscellaneous military structures The survey of miscellaneous military structures was carried out by RCHME Cambridge office between April and July 1998 as part of the Western Heights Project.
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.

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

<2> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.

<3> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.