Monument record TR 34 SW 822 - Upper Rd pillbox(1)

Summary

Type 24 pillbox. Swingate, Dover.

Location

Grid reference TR 3434 4297 (point)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT

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Condition : Destroyed
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Type 24 Pillbox eastern harbour Dover, Swingate, Upper Road, observed in military aerial photographs during the S E Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey. Pentagon in shape the pillbox is approximately 5m in width and almost surrounded by barbed wire some 30m to 40m away. 80m to the south a barrage ballon complex was positioned and 150m to the west the Chain Home Radar Station was situated. It was mapped from photography taken in December 1945 [1]. It was first observed in December 1941 [2] and last visible in August 1968 [3] but demolished by July 1983 [4].

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Jan 18 2013 12:24PM