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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 NW 45
Type of record:Monument
Name:Anti Tank obstacles, Hoppers Cottage, St. Mary Hoo

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
Map Sheet:TQ87NW
Parish:ST MARY HOO, MEDWAY, KENT

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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.