Source/Archive record (Digital archive) SKE32029 - Defence of Britain Project

Title Defence of Britain Project
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2002

Abstract/Summary

The Defence of Britain Project databases were created from field and documentary work carried out between April 1995 and December 2001. The purpose of the Project was to record the 20th century militarised landscape of the United Kingdom, and to inform the responsible heritage agencies at both local and national level with a view to the future preservation of surviving structures

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Description

online database

Location

Archaeology Data Service online

Referenced Monuments (337)

  • Pillbox (Type Fw3/24) (Building)
  • Spigot Mortar Pedestal in a gun emplacement of Shoulder of Mutton battery. (Monument)
  • (Site of) Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Lenham (Monument)
  • (Site of) Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Linton (Monument)
  • (Site of) Snodland Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post (Monument)
  • (Site of) Upstreet Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post (Monument)
  • 2 Second World War anti-tank pimples (Monument)
  • 5 Second World War anti-tank blocks. (Monument)
  • 5 Second World War reinforced concrete blocks (Monument)
  • A military bridge crosses the River Eden (Monument)
  • A rectangular Second World War reinforced concrete thick-walled pillbox and Anti Tank Pimple (Building)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • A Second World War type 24 pillbox (Building)
  • A Second World War type 24 pillbox (Monument)
  • A small Second World War surface air raid shelter near The Sip Inn (Monument)
  • A World War II searchlight emplacement. (Monument)
  • A World War Two pillbox and anti-aircraft battery emplacement at Hawkinge Airfield. (Monument)
  • A World War Two pillbox at Hawkinge Airfield (Monument)
  • A World War Two pillbox at the former Hawkinge Airfield (Building)
  • Anti-tank concrete blocks, in Grove Woods (Monument)
  • Archers Court Hill First World War trench system (Monument)
  • Arp wardens post, elms vale junction (Monument)
  • AUXILIARY UNIT OPERATIONAL BASE (Monument)
  • Aycliffe square pillbox (3), Shakespeare Cliff, west of Dover (Building)
  • Brooklands Second World War light anti-aircraft battery, Dartford, Kent (Monument)
  • BUOY (Monument)
  • Chafford Bridge Second World War vehicle obstacle (Monument)
  • Coombe down First World War field gun position (Monument)
  • Coombe down First World War field gun position (Monument)
  • Danes Court pillbox (Building)
  • Dartford Heath Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (Monument)
  • Deal emergency battery (Monument)
  • Dragon's teeth tank traps, Sackville Crescent, Ashford (Monument)
  • Duke of York's school trench system (Monument)
  • Fan Bay Position First World War earthwork redoubt (Monument)
  • Farthingloe (north) square pillbox(1) (Building)
  • Farthingloe (south) square pillbox (1) (Building)
  • Farthingloe (south) square pillbox (3) (Building)
  • Farthingloe First World War field gun position (Monument)
  • Field gun emplacement, The Danes (Monument)
  • Former Royal Observer Core Underground Monitoring Post, Cranbrook (Monument)
  • Former Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post (Site of), Sheldwich Lees (Monument)
  • Former site of Pillbox near train ferry dock, Dover (Monument)
  • Former site of Pillbox near train ferry dock, Dover (Monument)
  • Former site of Second World War pillbox, Tilmanstone (Monument)
  • Former site of type 22 Pillbox on sea front, Dover (Monument)
  • Former site of type 22 Pillbox on sea front, Dover (Monument)
  • Former site of WWII pillbox, Eastern Docks, Dover (Monument)
  • Former site of WWII type 22 pillbox, Prince of Wales’ pier, Dover (Monument)
  • Fort Burgoyne WW1 Field Gun Position, Dover (Monument)
  • Fort Burgoyne WW1 Pillbox, Dover (Monument)
  • Frogham Railway Bridge Road Block (Building)
  • Hythe Sound Mirror (Monument)
  • Kent Battle Of Britain Museum (Building)
  • Kingsdown 6 Pounder Pillbox (Building)
  • Long Hill First World War earthwork redoubt (Monument)
  • Long Hill First World War field gun position (Monument)
  • Lydden Hill anti aircraft ordnance depot (Building)
  • Marine Parade pillbox (Monument)
  • Mounting for Spigot Mortar (Monument)
  • Northumberland Bottom Anti-Aircraft Battery and Camp (Site of) (Monument)
  • Old Charlton Rd pillbox (Building)
  • Old park First World War field gun position (Monument)
  • PICKETT HAMILTON FORT (Monument)
  • PICKETT HAMILTON FORT (Monument)
  • Pier Extension Battery, Admiralty Pier, Dover Harbour (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (AIR MINISTRY PATTERN) (Monument)
  • Pillbox (Building)
  • Pillbox (Building)
  • Pillbox (Building)
  • Pillbox (Building)
  • Pillbox (Building)
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  • Pillbox (Building)
  • Pillbox (Building)
  • Pillbox (Building)
  • Pillbox (Building)
  • PILLBOX (Building)
  • PILLBOX (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE CP/6/40/111) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Listed Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) (Monument)
  • PILLBOX (VARIANT) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (VARIANT) (Building)
  • PILLBOX (VARIANT) (Monument)
  • Pillbox (WW2) (Monument)
  • Pillbox (ww2), Crete Road East, Folkestone (Monument)
  • Pillbox (WWII), Court at Street (Building)
  • Pillbox and former road block at abbey rd, dover (Monument)
  • Pillbox at Bonnington (Monument)
  • Pillbox at elm's wood (Monument)
  • Pillbox at elm's wood (Monument)
  • Pillbox at Hougham battery (Building)
  • Pillbox at Martins Wood (Building)
  • Pillbox at Poison Cross, near Eastry (Monument)
  • Pillbox at Shakespeare beach, Dover. (Monument)
  • Pillbox at shakespeare beach. (Monument)
  • Pillbox at Upper Rowling Farm (Building)
  • Pillbox near sandown castle (Monument)
  • Pillbox, at sea front, dover (Monument)
  • Pillbox, Blue House Farm, Brooklands (Monument)
  • Pillbox, crixhall court (Monument)
  • Pillbox, Lower Rowling Farm (Building)
  • Pillbox, Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club (Building)
  • Pillbox, The Ship Inn, Ospringe (Building)
  • Pillbox, Twitham Hill, Goodnestone (Monument)
  • Pillboxes, Folkestone (inexact location) (Monument)
  • Possible former site of a Pillbox on Marine Parade, Dover (Monument)
  • Possible former site of Pillbox at shakespeare beach, Dover (Monument)
  • Possible former site of Pillbox at shakespeare beach, Dover (Monument)
  • Possible former site of pillbox near Shakespeare Beach, Dover (Monument)
  • Possible former site of pillbox near Shakespeare Beach, Dover (Monument)
  • Possible former site of WWII Pillbox near Dovers Western Docks (Monument)
  • Possible former site of WWII Pillbox near Dovers Western Docks (Monument)
  • Remains of five Second World War air raid shelters (Monument)
  • Remains of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Remains of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Remains of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Remains of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Remains of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Remains of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Remains of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Remains of Second World War air raid shelter at Holborugh Marshes. (Monument)
  • Remains of second World War Morrison air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Remains of Second World War surface air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Road block at martin firs (ww2) (Monument)
  • Road block at sutton Downs (Monument)
  • Road block on east langdon road (ww2) (Monument)
  • Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Barham (Building)
  • Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Edenbridge (Monument)
  • Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Furze Hill (Monument)
  • Royal Observer Corps post west of Southfleet Road, Swanscombe (Monument)
  • Royal Observer Corps Post, Cliffe (Building)
  • Royal observer corps post, near Meresborough, Gillingham (Monument)
  • Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post, Pluckley (Monument)
  • Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post, Sevington (Monument)
  • Royal Observer Corps Underground Observation Post, Parkers Corner, Allhallows (Monument)
  • Royal Observer Corps. underground monitoring post, Bethersden (Monument)
  • Ruin of Neptune's Tower, Whiteness Gap (Monument)
  • Rv 11- 3 buildings remains of poss. Magazine (Monument)
  • Sandown (Snowdown?) 6 Pounder emplacement (Building)
  • Second World War Air Raid Shelter on the green in Fort Road. (Monument)
  • Second World War air raid shelter (Monument)
  • Second World War air raid shelter for school (Monument)
  • Second World War anti-aircraft gun tower (Monument)
  • Second World War anti-tank 'pimple (Monument)
  • Second World War anti-tank cylinders, Lower Halstow (Monument)
  • Second World War anti-tank ditches around Folkestone (Monument)
  • Second World War mortar range (Monument)
  • Second World war or later radio station (Monument)
  • Second World War pillbox (Building)
  • Second World War pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War pillbox near Eastry (Building)
  • Second World War Pillbox overlooking Sarre Bridge, Chislet (Building)
  • Second World War pillbox, Home Farm, Knowlton (Building)
  • Second World War pillbox, Leigh (Building)
  • Second World War pillbox, The Haywain, Bramling (Building)
  • Second World War RAF camps, Ashenbank Wood (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete and brick square pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete and brick square pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete and brick Type 24 hexagonal pillbox (Building)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete hexagonal pillbox. (Building)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete hexagonal-shaped pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox of common Dover type (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox (Monument)
  • Second World War Road block at the bridge over the railway on the track out to Garrington Farm, Bekesbourne (Monument)
  • Second World War road block site near Eastry (Monument)
  • Second World War roadblock (bridge demolition), Deanery Farm, Chartham (Monument)
  • Second World War roadblock site (Monument)
  • Second World War roadblock site (Monument)
  • Second World War Type 24 pillbox beside the lane leading to Shepherds Close, Bekesbourne (Building)
  • Second World War Type 24 pillbox south of the Thanet Way, Chislet (Building)
  • Second World War Type 24 pillbox, Green Lane allotments, Dover (Building)
  • Second World War Type 28 anti-tank pillbox overlooking railway cutting, Adisham (Building)
  • Second World War type C Quad pillbox, St Martin's Battery, Western Heights (Building)
  • Site of a Royal Observer Core Underground Monitoring Post, Horsmonden (Monument)
  • Site of AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS HEADQUARTERS (Monument)
  • Site of an airship station at Moat Farm Moon Green. (Monument)
  • Site of field gun position (Monument)
  • Site of Royal Observer Core Underground Monitoring Post, Wateringbury (Monument)
  • Site of Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Borough Green (Monument)
  • Site of Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Headcorn (Monument)
  • Site of Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post, Wye (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War ammunition depot (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War anti aircraft gun emplacement at Barrowsland Farm (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War anti-aircraft emplacement (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War army headqurters (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War bombing decoy site at Dover (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War Divisional Army Headquarters (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery TS24 at Burham (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft battery TS18 at Green Street Green (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War military store, possibly a chemical store (Monument)
  • Site of Second World war or later radar mast (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War or later radar mast (Monument)
  • Site of Second World War radar station (Monument)
  • Site of Underground Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Monitoring Post, Canterbury (Monument)
  • Sockets (filled) in road surface are for a Second World War vertical rail road block (Monument)
  • Sockets (filled) in road surface are for a Second World War vertical rail road block (Monument)
  • Square pillbox, Aycliffe (Building)
  • Square Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox (Monument)
  • Stag Point Pillbox (Monument)
  • Stebbing down (plum pudding hill) First World War field gun position (Monument)
  • Stebbing Down pillbox(1) (Building)
  • Stebbing Down Square Pillbox (Building)
  • Stebbing Down square pillbox, Dover (Building)
  • Structural remains of a World War Two pillbox (Building)
  • Structural remains of a World War Two pillbox, Cherville Lane, Bramling (Building)
  • Structural remains of a World War Two pillbox, Ickham Close, Ickham (Building)
  • Structural remains of a World War Two pillbox, Wingham Lane (Building)
  • Subterranean remains of a Second World War underground communications room used by the Brigade. (Monument)
  • Swingate Downs Position First World War earthwork redoubt (Monument)
  • Swingate Royal Observers Corps Underground Monitoring Post (Listed Building)
  • Tank Trap - Lengths of railway line and 'I' section girder (Monument)
  • Tank trap, sutton downs (ww2) (Monument)
  • The Danes pillbox (Building)
  • The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post (Monument)
  • The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post (Monument)
  • The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. (Monument)
  • The site of a World War II Auxillary and later National Fire Service (NFS) station. (Monument)
  • The site of a World War II home guard rifle range (Monument)
  • The site of an observation post that was used during World War II. (Monument)
  • The site of the First World War airfield of New Romney-Littlestone established in 1917/1918 (Monument)
  • The site of the First World War Royal Flying Corps airfield of Swingate Down. (Monument)
  • The structural remains of a hexagonal and concrete pillbox, Bramling Road, Bramling (Building)
  • The structural remains of a hexagonal and concrete pillboX, Bramling Road, Bramling (Building)
  • Three Second World War reinforced concrete concrete cones on verge at side of road (Monument)
  • TOPHILL FARMHOUSE (Listed Building)
  • Two Second World War military airfield buildings at Charcott, (Monument)
  • Two structures interpreted as being of a military nature (Monument)
  • Type 22 Pillbox at Hawkinge Airfield (Monument)
  • Type 22 Pillbox With Anti-Aircraft Emplacement at Hawkinge Airfield (Monument)
  • underground Observation Post (Monument)
  • Underground Second World War radio station, Long Hill (Monument)
  • Upnor road north and south positions (Monument)
  • Walmer Castle Pillbox (Building)
  • Western Dock pillbox (Monument)
  • Whinless down First World War field gun position (Monument)
  • Whinless down First World War field gun position (Monument)
  • Whinless Down First World War trench system (Monument)
  • World war II auxiliary unit hide (Monument)
  • World war II pillbox, Hamstreet (Monument)
  • WW1 Field Gun Position, The Citadel, Dover Western Heights (Monument)
  • Ww2 anti tank blocks (Monument)
  • WW2 auxiliary hide, Wintergate Farm (Monument)
  • WW2 battery, Shepherdswell (Monument)
  • WW2 battery, Shepherdswell (Monument)
  • WW2 Pillbox (Building)
  • WW2 Pillbox (Building)
  • WW2 Pillbox (Building)
  • WW2 Pillbox (Building)
  • WW2 pillbox, Farthingloe, Lunnons Wood (Building)
  • Ww2 pillboxes nr. adisham station (Monument)
  • WW2 tank trap, Easrty-Woodnesborough Road (Building)
  • Ww2 tank trap, nonington (Monument)
  • WWII type 22 pillbox, Dover (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • EKE8520 Defence of Britain

Record last edited

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