Monument record MWX43643 - WWII type 22 pillbox, Kingsdown

WWII type 22 pillbox visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942, 1943 and 1946 [1, 2 and 3], located on the beach at Kingsdown. This feature was located within the line of a roughly semi-circular probable beach obstacle comprised of what is likely to have been piled stones (MWX43642). This feature lay 45m W of the high water mark. It was not visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [4].

Located 15m to the E was a double line of beach scaffolding (MWX43629).

A transcription of the feature recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.

<4> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3749 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.