Building record TR 35 SE 703 - Walmer Castle Pillbox

This pillbox is built of concrete with brick shuttering. Originally with normal loopholes and lower loopholes for Boy's Anti-tank rifles. At a later date three sides of the pillbox have been strengthend to twice the wall thickness and the lower loopholes have been blocked up.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Can be seen from footpath across meadow
Tourism Potential :
Condition : good
Date of visit : 18/06/07

Description from record TR 35 SE 385:
WW2 pillbox, a reinforced type 24, in afield next to Walmer Castle. Concrete construction, good condition (1)

Type 24 pillbox, with additional strengthening.

Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Its front walls have had a brick wall built in front of them and the space between the wall and the pillbox filled with concrete.

A reinforced type 24 pillbox, in a field next to Walmer Castle. Concrete construction; good condition. At edge of field next to Walmer Castle. (1,2)

Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE14140.

Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske14140.

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

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