Monument record TQ 85 NW 140 - Second World War pillbox (Type 22 LAA Variant), Detling airfield

Summary

Hexagonal Second World War pillbox guarding RAF Detling. It has conventional infantry loopholes in the sides with a central pit with vertically set pipe intended for the mounting of an anti-aircraft machine gun. Concrete construction, the loopholeds stepped externally and splayed internally. North-West corner of RAF Detling

Location

Grid reference TQ 81002 59954 (point)
Map sheet TQ85NW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish THURNHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

Hexagonal Second World War pillbox guarding RAF Detling. It has conventional infantry loopholes in the sides with a central pit with vertically set pipe intended for the mounting of an anti-aircraft machine gun. Concrete construction, the loopholeds stepped externally and splayed internally. North-West corner of RAF Detling.

A 2024 survey described it as "Pill Box Type 22 LAA Variant. Adjacent to airfield trackway, approximately 200 M SW from Detling Industrial Estate. Part of former RAF Detling. Concrete construction with six machine gun embrasures, sealed on inside. Doorway and embrasures sealed . Very bad overall condition. Has structural cracks right through the pillbox with evidence of severe subsidence. Heavily overgrown on most sides. " (1)


<1> Kent Defence Research Group, 2024/5, Site recording form for the Maidstone 20th Century Defences Project, 43 (Digital archive). SKE56292.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Digital archive: Kent Defence Research Group. 2024/5. Site recording form for the Maidstone 20th Century Defences Project. 43.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of Maidstone's 20th Century Military and Civil Defence Sites (EKE23349)

Record last edited

Feb 24 2025 4:16PM