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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 1282 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Type 24 Pillbox, east of Lodge Hill Wood, Cooling |
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Summary
Moderate condition type 24 infantry pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing north east.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7643 7445 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Standard concrete construction Second World War infantry pillbox, brick faced. Blocked door and embrasures. |
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Full description
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Standard concrete construction infantry pillbox, brick faced. Blocked door and embrasures.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 11/10/06
Description from record TQ 77 SE 129:
Concrete. Type 24, facing East. Good condition. (1)
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: "Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox. Overlooked the anti-tank ditch from the east edge of Lodge Hill Wood. Seen on a May 2015 field visit and appears to have used plank shuttering and has no gaps above the embrasures." (2)
MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). SKE14687.
MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). Ske14687.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). SKE14327.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). Ske14327.
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31599.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War diary. |
| --- | Photograph: MMRG. 10/11/06. Type 24 pill box. |
| <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014.. |
Related records
| TQ 77 SE 1322 | Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument) |
