Monument record TR 26 NW 1128 - Second World War Pillbox, on the coast at Bishopstone, Herne Bay

This was a Second World War pillbox on the coast at Bishopstone, presumably firing out to sea. It is not yet clear whether it was on the clifftop or (perhaps more likely) on the beach below. This was one of the ‘Coastal Crust’ defences, constructed from mid 1940. It was pillbox No.48 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 652869. In early to mid 1941 the seaward walls of this pillbox will have been thickened to three feet and six inches, to better withstand shell-fire.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Yes
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Condition : Destroyed
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Site of Second World War pillbox [Sector 7]. North of Bishopstone, on the coast. (5)

<1> 43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15116.

<2> CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). Ske15117.

<3> CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15117.

<4> 43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15116.

<5> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.