Building record TR 26 SE 135 - Second World War pillbox west of Sarre Ferry Cottage, Chislet
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 2516 6481 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR26SE |
County | KENT |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | CHISLET, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A Second World War pillbox (Type 22 or 24) survives to the west of Sarre Ferry Cottage. It may have been associated with the roadblock/prepared demolition at Bolingbroke Bridge, to the north-east, but we cannot yet be sure. Alternatively (since it may face west or south-west) it may have been part of the defences of the Sarre Second World War Nodal Point. This is reported to be a ‘small hexagonal Type 22 pillbox, a variant inasmuch as there are two rifle ports, one each side of the entrance … concrete-faced [with] square, stepped embrasures’. And to stand ‘on small mound with thin concrete base partly exposed … overgrown on one side’.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : good
Date of visit :
This structure was recorded from 1940s aerial photographs [2] as part of Phase 1 of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
John Guy, CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15383.
<1> John Guy, CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). Ske15383.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
<4> English Heritage, 2004, Defence areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England (Unpublished document). SKE17661.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SKE15383 Digital archive: John Guy. CBA Defence of Britain Project.
- <1> SKE15383 Digital archive: John Guy. CBA Defence of Britain Project.
- <3> SKE25954 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping.
- <3> SKE25955 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
- <3> SWX15705 Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.
- <4> SKE17661 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2004. Defence areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Oct 15 2024 10:15AM