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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SW 54 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | World War II pillbox, south of Eastcroft Farm, Cliffe |
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Summary
A World War II concrete type 24 pillbox, narrow wall version with brick skin. Located in fields to the east of Town Road near Eastcroft Farm; faces north.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7372 7398 |
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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 - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Concrete type 24 pillbox in field eastside of Town Rd. Cliffe, facing N. Narrow wall version with brick skin. (1)
This feature is recorded on the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. The report states: "Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox with brick shuttering, near Eastcroft Farm, on the east side of Town Road, Cliffe. It is a narrow wall version with brick skin, and faces north and is located to the west of the anti-tank ditch. Condition: Recorded on 1944 and 2013 (Google Earth) aerial photographs. Appeared in good condition during a field visit in 2014". (2)
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by VTC Smith 1995 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<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 | | <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Site visit by VTC Smith 1995. |
| <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) |
