Monument record TR 34 SW 490 - Second World War type 23 pillbox, Citadel Battery, 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 23 pillbox comprising two cells; an open Anti Aircraft pit at the western end with a central concrete pillar for a light machine gun, is located close to the western flank of Citadel Battery. The AA pit measures 2.35m by 1.84m with walls 1.65m high. There is no doorway into the pit so that the walls must be scaled to gain access. The pillbox, 2.30m square internally, is entered through a doorway 0.49m wide by 1.61m high; it has a flat concrete roof. Immediately inside, a concrete ricochet wall, 1.35m long by 0.23m wide, partially divides the pillbox. (1-4)

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 Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document).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> RCHME, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 8: The Citadel Battery: An early 20th-century coastal battery (Unpublished document). SKE17504.

<4> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.