Building record TQ 54 SW 64 - WW2 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)

Hexagonal pillbox [type 24?]; 7 embrasures. [Recorder Urquhart gives NGR - TQ 531415].

Type 24 pillbox, situated in copse above valley floor. Field of fire S to E across river and valley. with PLAN drawn on form. [Recorder Farthing gives NGR - TQ 532420]. At Saints Hill, in a small copse on a ridge. (3)

Additional Information (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 Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document).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 Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document).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> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.

<4> Cluttons, 1994, Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan (Unpublished document). SKE6947.