Building record TR 16 SW 118 - Second World War Type 24 pillbox in a field between Honey Hill and Denstroude Lane, Blean

This was a highly typical concrete, Type 24 pillbox in a field to the north of Denstroude Lane, Blean. It was concealed in a hedge-line, under trees, and is virtually invisible on immediate post-war aerial photographs. It was pillbox No.43 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 555800. It faced north-west but one embrasure might have been able to cover Denstroude Lane. Metal brackets for shelves survive internally, under the embrasures, but the shelves themselves have gone.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
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Condition : very good
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Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox [Sector 7]. North-West of Honey Hill, North of Blean. (5)

<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). Ske15257.

<2> 43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15256.

<3> 43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15256.

<4> CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15257.

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