Monument record TR 34 SW 1049 - Former site of a Second World War pillbox, Frith Cottage, Dover Road

The former site of a Second World War pillbox near Frith Cottage (now Copthorne) on the west side of Dover Road.

It was probably a Type 22 brick shuttered example. It was demolished when the Dover Road was straightened, sometime before 1990. (1)

The area around the pillbox and Frith Cottage appears to have been defended with two possible lines of recently removed barbed wire visible on aerial photos of 1946. Frith Cottage (now Copthorne) could have been modified for defensive use as part of this.

Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox [Sector 5]. South of Guston. (2)

<1> Keith Parfitt, 2013, Sketch plan of Second World War defences around Frith Cottage, Dover (Unpublished document). SKE25974.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.