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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SW 1056 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Type 24 pillbox, on Hoo Junction and Port Victoria Railway line, west of Station Road, Cliffe |
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Summary
Good condition type 24 pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing north east.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7341 7476 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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Standard concrete construction infantry pillbox. No access, though visible through hedge.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 07/01/21
MMRG, 11/05/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). SKE14655.
MMRG, 11/05/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). Ske14655.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). SKE14309.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). Ske14309.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War diary. |
| --- | Photograph: MMRG. 11/05/06. Type 24 pillbox. |
Related records
| TQ 77 SE 1322 | Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument) |
