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

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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.