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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 336 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Anti-tank blockhouse, Chatham Lines |
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Summary
An anti-tank blockhouse with a pedestal gun mount instead of the more usual concrete block and holdfast found in the Medway area. This pedestal was designed to hold a 3 or 6 pounder gun and remains in place today.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7637 6864 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1003364: Brompton Lines |
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Full description
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Type 28. Unusually for Medway area the gun inside was mounted on a pedastal instead of the more usual concrete block and holdfast. Designed to mount a 3-pr. or 6-pr. gun. Bottom of pedestal still in place. On breastwork of Chatham Lines beind NAAFI stores, Sally Port Gard.(1)
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
