Monument record TQ 75 NE 402 - Type 24 Pillbox, Whatman Park, Maidstone

A brick and concrete type 24 pillbox built close to the River Medway. It was built as part of the WW2 anti-invasion defences and formed part of the defences for Maidstone and the GHQ Stop line running from the Leigh to the Medway. It is now bricked up and is in fair condition.(1)

2024 - Concrete construction. Embrasures open but entrance sealed. Good overall condition (2)

Probably type 24 pillbox; brick-shuttered. [Recorder viewed from a distance as the site is currently being developed and no access].Type 24 infantry pillbox. [Recorder, A. Webb, gives NGR - TQ 754565]. In Whatmans Field, near River Medway, between Maidstone Bridge and Allington Castle, N of centre of Maidstone in Sandling area. (3)

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

<2> Kent Defence Research Group, 2024/5, Site recording form for the Maidstone 20th Century Defences Project, site 003 (Digital archive). SKE56292.

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