Building record TR 35 NE 52 - Pillbox, Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club

Irregular octagonal pillbox of c1940 date at S edge of Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, near road (1)

Description from record TR 35 NE 267:
This pillbox is unusual in shape similar to a stretched Type 24. It is constructed of brick with concrete filling the cavity space and concrete roof. There are seven loopholes at the normal level and below these are blocked up larger loopholes which were probably for Boys Anti-Tank Rifles. There is one door and no internal ricochet wall.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : The pillbox is just close to the ancient highway between Deal and Sandwich.
Tourism Potential : No
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 13/11/06

Irregularly octagonal pillbox - one of the 8 faces contains the entrance; two have 2 embrasures at a normal height; and another has an embrasure, probably for the Boys anti-tank rifle, at a lower level.Octagonal pillbox, brick-shuttered, with the entrance in one of the angled corners. In the entrance some camouflage paint is still visible. 9ins square holes are at ground level in all walls [purpose?]. The pillbox is actually marked as such on the contemporary OS 1:25000 sheet.Irregular octagonal pillbox at S edge of Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, near road.S edge of Royal Cinque Ports golf club.Octagonal pillbox, brick-shuttered, with the entrance in one of the angled corners. In the entrance some camouflage paint is still visible. 9ins square holes are at ground level in all walls [purpose?]. The pillbox is actually marked as such on the contemporary OS 1:25000 sheet.Irregular octagonal pillbox at S edge of Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, near road.S edge of Royal Cinque Ports golf club.Octagonal pillbox, brick-shuttered, with the entrance in one of the angled corners. In the entrance some camouflage paint is still visible. 9ins square holes are at ground level in all walls [purpose?]. The pillbox is actually marked as such on the contemporary OS 1:25000 sheet.Irregular octagonal pillbox at S edge of Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, near road.Octagonal pillbox, brick-shuttered, with the entrance in one of the angled corners. In the entrance some camouflage paint is still visible. 9ins square holes are at ground level in all walls [purpose?]. The pillbox is actually marked as such on the contemporary OS 1:25000 sheet.Irregular octagonal pillbox at S edge of Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, near road.Octagonal pillbox, brick-shuttered, with the entrance in one of the angled corners. In the entrance some camouflage paint is still visible. 9ins square holes are at ground level in all walls [purpose?]. The pillbox is actually marked as such on the contemporary OS 1:25000 sheet.Irregular octagonal pillbox at S edge of Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, near road.Octagonal pillbox, brick-shuttered, with the entrance in one of the angled corners. In the entrance some camouflage paint is still visible. 9ins square holes are at ground level in all walls [purpose?]. The pillbox is actually marked as such on the contemporary OS 1:25000 sheet.Irregular octagonal pillbox at S edge of Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, near road. LOCATION: S edge of Royal Cinque Ports golf club. (1) (2)

Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE14101.

<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.

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