Building record TQ 54 SW 63 - Pillbox

A WW2 pillbox part of a nodal point ,or 'anti-tank' island, formed during 1940-41 at the junction between the Newhaven-Hoo stop-line and the GHQ Line 'B' stop-line along the left bank of the Medway. (1-2)

Additional Information (3).

Type 24 pillbox. Brick-shuttered. Very overgrown. [Recorder Urquhart gives NGR - TQ 532418].

Type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered, situated in elevated position in trees overlooking the River Medway, with field of fire S and SE across river and valley. with PLAN drawn on form. [Recorder Farthing gives NGR - TQ 531418]. In a small copse between Nashes Farm and the River Medway, between two footbridges and close to the river. (4)

<1> Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document). SKE6946.

<2> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.

<3> Cluttons, 1994, Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan (Unpublished document). SKE6947.

<4> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.