These Tetrahedra formed part of the XII corps stopline (Dover to Whitstable). They were moulded at a large site nearby and deliverd to site by lorry.
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Viaduct Pillboxes. Adisham Viaduct in East Kent is unusual in that it has two pillboxes built into the recesses of the archways. This photo above shows the left hand arch with the top of the pillbox outline. This photo shows a close-up of the wall and end of one of […]
This is a short article on the GHQ line between the villages of Ashurst (on the Kent and Sussex border) and the village of Penshurst in Kent along the course of the River Medway, both of the villages lie to the west of Tunbridge Wells. Penshurst village was an anti-tank […]
River Medway and Barming Bridge. Ngr TQ725539 PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24): S0009607 (Extant) and PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A): e32783 (Extant) I had observed the two ivy clad structures in the bottom of an apple orchard just east of the rail bridge over a minor road from the village of Barming and the […]
The River Medway & GHQ Line at Teston. The village of Teston [pronounced Teason] is on the north bank of the River Medway and is four miles west of the county town of Maidstone. In 1940 a section of the GHQ line defences ran through Teston and today six pillboxes, […]
Kent Canal Defence PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22): S0008247 (Extant) Beside the Royal Military Canal at Appledore in Kent is this FW3/22 Pillbox, it is situated about a mile south of the town beside the road bridge. By Peter Shute
Allhallows Defences & The Battle of Britain June 1940: as German forces had now rolled up Europe and pushed the beleaguered British back home from Dunkirk, the defence of the British Isles became a paramount concern. The country’s coastal defences were strengthened, with many miles of barbed wire springing up. Some […]