Monument record TR 24 NW 150 - Second World War pillbox at Denne Hill, Barham
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TR 2223 4955 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR24NW | 
| County | KENT | 
| District | CANTERBURY, KENT | 
| Civil Parish | WOMENSWOLD, CANTERBURY, KENT | 
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
There seems to have been a Second World War pillbox in the edge of a wooded tract at south-west edge of the park surrounding Denne Hill.  It would have been well placed to cover the roadblock at the ‘X-Roads’ nodal point on the Dover Road near Barham.  Immediate post-war aerial photographs show what appears to be a pitched roof in the immediate vicinity of the stated Military Grid Reference (R 662676); could this have been aerial camouflage for the pillbox?  This was pillbox No.105 in the 1940 list of pillboxes in East Kent (2 December).
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Unknown
How accessed for survey : 
Tourism Potential : 
Condition : unknown
Date of visit : 
CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15153.
CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). Ske15153.
43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15152.
43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15152.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SKE15152 Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.
- --- SKE15152 Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.
- --- SKE15153 Digital archive: CBA Defence of Britain Project.
- --- SKE15153 Digital archive: CBA Defence of Britain Project.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Feb 3 2011 12:43PM