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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 87 NW 45 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Anti Tank obstacles, Hoppers Cottage, St. Mary Hoo |
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Summary
A small, conical, anti-tank obstacle at Hoppers Cottage. Comprised of 7 pimples. Possibly rolled onto the verge from road at the end of the second World War.
Grid Reference: | TQ 8105 7644 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ87NW |
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Parish: | ST MARY HOO, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Hoppers Cottage. Small, conical, concrete. 7 pimples. Perhaps rolled onto verge from road at end of WW2. (1)
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for St Mary Hoo Parish. The report states: "There are some industrial and military features of interest. These include…some concrete anti-tank obstacles near Hoppers Cottage." (2)
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: St Mary Hoo Parish. Research Report 2014-52 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31593.
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 Outline Historic Area Assessment: St Mary Hoo Parish. Research Report 2014-52. |