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Monument details

Summary

The mostly demolished remains of a concrete Second World War pillbox, situated at the west angle of Cross-track, Lodge Hill, Hoo St. Werburgh. This type 24 pillbox had some evidence remaining of its brick skin. It was visited during 1995 as part of a defensive survey. It formed part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940 and faced south

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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Mostly demolished remains of concrete type 24 pillbox, with some traces of the former existence of a brick skin. Situated at the W. angle of Cross-track, Lodge Hill.

Description from record TQ 77 SE 1254:
Destroyed, rubble only.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : End of Lodge Hill Lane
Tourism Potential : None.
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 11/10/06

Identified in Second World War aerial photographs (1)

MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). SKE14690.

MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). Ske14690.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). SKE14331.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). Ske14331.

Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.

English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by VTC Smith 1995 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

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