Monument record TR 34 SW 978 - Second World War type 23 pillbox, Citadel Battery, Dover Western Heights

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)

Historic England archive material: AF00104 Dover Western Heights, miscellaneous military structures The survey of miscellaneous military structures was carried out by RCHME Cambridge office between April and July 1998 as part of the Western Heights Project.
DEB01 Defence of Britain This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Box files containing the record sheets gathered from participants in the Defence of Britain Project. The project recorded, with the help of volunteers, the remains of military structures in Britain. The collection is arranged by county and split between anti-invasion and non anti-invasion defences. The record sheets record the visible structures and include location details, structure type and purpose and include photographs.

<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 Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document).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 Report No 8: The Citadel Battery: An early 20th-century coastal battery (Unpublished document).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.