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Building record TQ 64 NW 246 - PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
Summary
Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox, partly densely overgrown. Roof covered with earth and grass [remains of camouflage?]. The embrasures have been blocked up, 2 with airbricks [possibly for bat roost?].
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 6357 4737 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ64NW |
| County | KENT |
| District | TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
| Civil Parish | HADLOW, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Full Description
N of, and 300 yards from, River Medway between Tonbridge and East Peckham, near Hartlake Farm and close to deep ditch. Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox, partly densely overgrown. Roof covered with earth and grass [remains of camouflage?]. The embrasures have been blocked up, 2 with airbricks [possibly for bat roost?].
Point previously located at 563199 147399 though no structure visible at that location in any aerial photographs. The new location is c. 300 feet north of the river.
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Record last edited
Mar 25 2013 11:18AM