Thesaurus Term/Concept: PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)

Identifier	140518
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A hexagonal pillbox, with an internal anti-ricochet wall and loopholes for fives light machine guns and one rifle. Originally designed to have 15in bulletproof walls many were built with 42in thick shellproof walls. Designed by DFW branch 3.

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Context	Record
Monument Type	MKE115469 Second World War Type 22 Pillbox . Visible on the 1946 vertical AP. (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE16970 Former site of type 22 Pillbox on sea front, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX43609 Former site of WWII pillbox, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX43610 Former site of WWII pillbox, Dover Harbour (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE16966 Former site of WWII pillbox, Eastern Docks, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE42062 Possible former site of pillbox near Shakespeare Beach, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX51427 Second World War pillbox (Building)
Monument Type	MWX51707 Second World War pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX51396 Second World War pillbox, north of the Royal Military Canal, Hythe (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX51601 Second World War reinforced concrete type 22 pillbox on Botolph's Bridge road at canal crossing. (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX51697 Second World War Type 22 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE99589 Second World War Type 22 pillbox north side of Detling Aerodrome Site (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE115468 Second World War Type 22 pillbox, Kingsnorth (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE99587 Second World War Type 22 Pillbox, rear of Bimbury Cottages (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE99588 Second World War Type 22 Pillbox, West Side Binbury Lane North Binbury Cottages. (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE115467 Second World War type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE42058 Shakespeare Beach pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE42061 Shakespeare Beach pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE40109 Type 22 pillbox buried under earth mound, Whatman Park, Maidstone (Building)
Monument Type	MWX43534 Type 22 pillbox, Eastern Dover (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX43535 Type 22 pillbox, Langdon Battery (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX43608 WWII pillbox, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX43636 WWII type 22 pillbox, Kingsdown (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX43643 WWII type 22 pillbox, Kingsdown (Monument)