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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 77 SW 59 |
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Type of record: | Building |
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Name: | World War II Pillbox, Town Road, Cliffe |
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Summary
A World War II concrete type 24 pillbox, narrow wall version with brick skin. Located on a field boundary to the west of Town Road; faces south.
Grid Reference: | TQ 7322 7329 |
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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)
Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: WWII pillbox, south-west of Woodside Green |
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Full description
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Concrete type 24 pillbox on field boundary, W. of Town Rd, facing S. A narrow wall version with brick skin. Situated on cultivated land. (1)
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. The report states: "Second World War concrete Type 24 pillbox located adjacent to a track at the edge of an orchard to the west of Town Road, Cliffe Woods. The pillbox is a narrow wall version with a brick skin. Condition: Recorded on 2007 aerial photographs (PGA) and partially on 2013 aerial photographs (Google Earth). (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) |