Building record TQ 93 SE 25 - PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)

Summary

Concrete-faced type 22 pillbox, sunk into ground. Protected doorway. Tinton Manor Farm, West of Warehorne on Royal Military Canal.

Location

Grid reference TQ 9854 3208 (point)
Map sheet TQ93SE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish WAREHORNE, ASHFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Type 22 pillbox. No. 62.

Pillbox.Type 22 pillbox of variant form, with covered guarded entrance and double Y-shaped blast wall: bolts fitted below embrasures for vertical wood shelf supports. Wood-shuttered exterior and interior. Entrance is half-blocked by brickwork on steel bars. Situated on N side of Canal with field of fire S across Canal to railway.

Identification no.62. 5 x medium embrasures; 1 x small entrance embrasure. With PLAN drawn on form.

Concrete-faced type 22 pillbox, sunk into ground. Protected doorway. Tinton Manor Farm, W of Warehorne on Royal Military Canal. (1-2


<1> Bennett, D., 1977, A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 (Monograph). SKE7811.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Bennett, D.. 1977. A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945.
  • <2> Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain Project.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Defence of Britain (EKE8520)

Record last edited

Apr 15 2026 10:25AM