Monument record TR 34 SW 1065 - Former site of type 22 Pillbox on sea front, Dover

WWII type 22 pillbox of reinforced concrete is visible on aerial photography taken in 1945, located along the seafront in Dover. This hexagonal pillbox measured 4.5m in diameter and was located 27.5m from the high water mark. An oblique aerial photograph taken of the seafront in 1948 does not show the pillbox suggesting that it had been removed by this date. Additional information is available within: Dover Defences Scheme, June 1940: P.R.O. W0166/1343. Recorded as part of the Defence of Britain Project S0001614 (1-2)

Pillbox now DESTROYED.

A pillbox, built by June 1940, on the Sea Front, Dover. It was made of reinforced concrete and has now been destroyed.

Pillbox (Sector 5). Cassini ref 759589Sea front, Dover. (3)

<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, David Burridge (F.S.G./K.D.R.G./P.S.G.) (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3241 12-SEP-2003 (Digital archive). SKE32029.

<3> Britain from above, 1948, Oblique Aerial Photograph of Dover, 1948 (Photograph). SKE51741.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.