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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 124 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Type 24 pillbox, Rough Shaw, Cooling |
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Summary
A concrete type 24 Pillbox constructed in 1940, as part of the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line. In good condition when last observed.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 75544 74037 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: A concrete type 24 Pillbox constructed in 1940. In good condition when last observed. |
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Full description
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Concrete. Type 24, facing North. Good condition. (1)
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: Second World War Type 24 pillbox, on Rough Shaw, a north west facing slope between Lodge Hill Wood and Berry Court Wood near the north-west corner of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot. This structure is visible on photographs taken in 1944 and was still visible on aerial photographs taken in 2013 (Google Earth). (2)
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31599.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014.. |
Related records
| TQ 77 SE 1322 | Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument) |
