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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SW 60
Type of record:Building
Name:World War II Pillbox, Lillechurch Road, Cliffe

Summary

A World War II concrete type 24 pillbox, narrow wall version with brick skin. Located in fields on the north side of Lillechurch Road; faces north.

Grid Reference:TQ 73242 73073
Map Sheet:TQ77SW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Second World War Pillbox

Full description

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Concrete type 24 pillbox adjacent to pond in field, on N. side of Lille Church Rd, facing N. 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, Hoo Peninsula. The report states: "Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox adjacent to pond in field on north side of Lillechurch Road, facing north. Condition: Recorded 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 1322Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument)