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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 146
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War II Pillbox, Hoo Marina Park, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

A World War II Pillbox at Hoo Marina Park, identitifed from aerial photographs and as part of a survey of defence sites in Kent. There were no visible remains of this type 24 pillbox during a 2004 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 7797 7123
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Brick, Type 24, facing South. Sound condition (1), site identified in context with other defence sites in Kent (2). Site photographs (3-10). No visible remains in 2004. (11)


<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<2> Kent County Council, 1999, Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites, KD164 (Index). SWX11828.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9840.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9846.

<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9869.

<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10021.

<7> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11140.

<8> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11145.

<9> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11146.

<10> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9754.

<11> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
<2>Index: Kent County Council. 1999. Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites. KD164.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3080. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3099. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4096. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 2059. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7771/3. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7771/8. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7771/9. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 5193. print.
<11>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.