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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 232 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Area of Second World War military trenches, Beacon Hill, Hoo |
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Summary
An area of military trenching can be seen on 1940s aerial photographs immediately west of Beacon Hill, Hoo. These are either practice trenches or close defences for the observation post on Beacon Hill.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7575 7148 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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An area of military trenching can be seen on 1940s aerial photographs immediately west of Beacon Hill, Hoo. These are either practice trenches or close defences for the observation post on Beacon Hill. (1,2)
<1> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.
<2> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project. |
| <2> | Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula. |
