WW2 brick and concrete pillbox located just inside the outer moat of the castle. (1)

Rectangular pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/05/01).

Part of GHQ Line (North West Kent) - GHQ Line running from Leigh to River Thames via Medway valley.(2)

Part of Medway GHQ Stop line. Angle of fire focused on 23 degrees north-east. Concrete construction, in very good condition. Entrance open, in use as a pump house for castle lake. Whitewash interior. Surviving hold fast for anti-tank gun visible. Surveyor recommended statutory proection on the basis of its good overall condition and clearly visible original context(3)

<1> Untitled Source, Arch. South East field Survey report 1997 (Unpublished document). SKE6451.

<1> Archaeology South-East, 1997, An Archaeological Field Survey of the Grounds of Allington Castle, Maidstone (Unpublished document). SKE16779.

<2> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.

<3> Kent Defence Research Group, 2024/5, Site recording form for the Maidstone 20th Century Defences Project, site 007 (Digital archive). SKE56292.

<4> Kent Defence Research Group, 2024/5, Site recording form for the Maidstone 20th Century Defences Project (Digital archive). SKE56292.