Building record TQ 54 NW 208 - PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)

Close to road and river edge near Ensfield Bridge, in small copse.Hexagonal pillbox, brick-shuttered. 7 embrasures. Grass on roof.

Description from record TQ 54 NW 48:
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).

Hexagonal pillbox, brick-shuttered. 7 embrasures. Grass on roof.Standard type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered, situated adjacent to Leigh-Tonbridge road, with field of fire SE along road to Ensfield Bridge across River Medway. with PLAN drawn on form.Close to road and river edge near Ensfield Bridge, in small copse. (3-4)

<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 Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document).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 Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document).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 Cluttons, 1994, Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan (Unpublished document).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.