Monument record TR 16 NE 1152 - Second World War Pillbox beside Bullockstone Road, Bullockstone, Herne Bay

Summary

There was a pillbox on the west side of Bullockstone Road near the north end of Bullockstone village. It presumably covered a permanent roadblock on Bullockstone Road.

Location

Grid reference TR 1684 6591 (point)
Map sheet TR16NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish HERNE AND BROOMFIELD, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

This was a pillbox on the west side of Bullockstone Road near the north end of Bullockstone village. It presumably covered a permanent roadblock on Bullockstone Road at or near the junction with Owls Hatch Road (the present Thanet Way at this point did not at that time exist). This was pillbox No.6 in the 1940 list of pillboxes in East Kent (2 December); it was in Sector 7 of the area, at the stated Military Grid reference R 610840.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Unknown
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Condition : unknown
Date of visit :


CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15093.

CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). Ske15093.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15094.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15094.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Digital archive: CBA Defence of Britain Project.
  • --- Digital archive: CBA Defence of Britain Project.
  • --- Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.
  • --- Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.

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Record last edited

Jun 13 2025 8:32PM