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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 233 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Area of Second World War military trenches, east of Beacon Hill, Hoo |
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Summary
An area of military trenching can be seen on 1940s aerial photographs east of Beacon Hill, Hoo. These are interpeted as practice trenches though their exact purpose is unknown
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7598 7153 |
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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 eest of Beacon Hill, Hoo. These are interpeted as practice trenches though their exact purpose is unknown (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. |
