During the early part of the Second World War, the battery was provided with additional close defence: this included two pillboxes. The second was located at the eastern end of the Battery, close to the infilled Western Outworks ditch. It is identical to pillbox 1, with the AAgun pit to the north and three embrasures facing east, south and west. Access was gained through the embrasure in the AA gun pit. The pillbox is a classic type 23 example, comprising two cells; an open Anti-Aircraft pit at the western end with a central concrete pillar for a light machine gun. From the pit, a set of steps lead down into the second cell, the roofed part of the pillbox. Inside, it is divided into two by a short east-west wall and there are three embrasures, facing north, south and east. (1-3)

<1> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.

<2> RCHME, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 8: The Citadel Battery: An early 20th-century coastal battery (Unpublished document). SKE17504.

<3> English Heritage Listed Buildings online (OS Card Reference). SKE41618.