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Monument Number 1397065
Hob Uid: 1397065
Location : Kent Folkestone and Hythe Hawkinge
Grid Ref : TR2170039100
Summary : The site of a Second World War Picket Hamilton fort at Hawking Airfield. This was a concrete retracatable pillbox, it may have been built between 1940-1941, and was destroyed in 2001
More information : The site of a destroyed Pickett-Hamilton fort at Hawking Airfield, Hawking, Kent, TR 217 391. This World War Two installation was a concrete retracatable pillbox, ithe Defenceof Britain record states taht it was built between 1940-1941, and was destroyed in 2001. (1)

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Source details : The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm
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Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Destroyed 2001
Monument End Date : 2001
Monument Start Date : 2001
Monument Type : Pillbox
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Built 1940-1941
Monument End Date : 1941
Monument Start Date : 1940
Monument Type : Pickett Hamilton Fort
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

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External Cross Reference Source : Defence of Britain Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0008215
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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0008215
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TR 23 NW 204
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-04-01
End Date : 2002-03-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1397065