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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 135 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti vehicle obstacles, near Deangate Wood, High Halstow |
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Summary
Pimple type anti-tank concrete bollards located on the railway to the west of the bridge.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7740 7395 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Railway track West of bridge. Pimple type, concrete. (1)
This feature is mentioned in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: "Anti-tabk 'pimples' by the military railway track, west of a bridge, to the north of Hoo St Werburgh, adjacent to the entrance of Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot. Noted by the Defence of Britain Project. A small round concrete structure was mapped from aerial photographs from 1944 and 2007. Current condition is unknown as obscured by trees on recent aerial photographs. (2)
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> Herne Bay Air Raid Precautions Committee, 01/01/39, Herne Bay Urban District Council Air Raid Precautions Committee Minutes (Unpublished document). SKE15035.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Herne Bay Air Raid Precautions Committee. 01/01/39. Herne Bay Urban District Council Air Raid Precautions Committee Minutes. |
Related records
| TQ 77 SE 1322 | Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument) |
