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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 1248
Type of record:Building
Name:Type 24 pillbox, destroyed, southy eastern corner of Lodge Hill Wood, Cooling

Summary

Destroyed type 24 infantry pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing SE.


Grid Reference:TQ 7649 7437
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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Unable to establish.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : None.
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 11/10/06


MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). SKE14699.

MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). Ske14699.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). SKE14339.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). Ske14339.

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.

Related records

TQ 77 SE 1322Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument)