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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NW 1015 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Pillbox, Dagnam Saltings, Allhallows |
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Summary
A Second World War pillbox (possibly a type 24) located on the beach at Dagnam Saltings to the west of Allhallows-on-Sea on the northern coast of the Hoo Peninsula. This pillbox is one of a number located along the coast forming part of the extensive wartime coastal defences around the Thames and Medway rivers. This pillbox now lies isolated on the beach due to coastal erosion since the 1940s. It was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5823e 1787e |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ51NE |
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| Parish: | ALLHALLOWS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Pillbox, Dagnam Saltings, Allhallows |
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Full description
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A Second World War pillbox (possibly a type 24) located at TQ 8235 7865 on the beach at Dagnam Saltings to the west of Allhallows-on-Sea on the northern coast of the Hoo Peninsula. This pillbox is one of a number located along the coast forming part of the extensive wartime coastal defences around the Thames and Medway rivers. This pillbox now lies isolated on the beach due to coastal erosion since the 1940s. It was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (1, 7)
RAF, 1945, NMR RAF/106G/UK/682 2088 23-AUG-1945 (Photograph). SKE55867.
<1> Kent County Council, 1999, Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites, KD163 (Index). SWX11828.
<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10267.
<3> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10250.
<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9820.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9628.
<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9627.
<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Photograph: RAF. 1945. NMR RAF/106G/UK/682 2088 23-AUG-1945. NMR RAF/106G/UK/682 2088 23-AUG-1945. |
| <1> | Index: Kent County Council. 1999. Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites. KD163. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 138. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 87. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3001. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1056. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1052. print. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot). |
