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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SW 67 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War II Anti tank blockhouse, near Eastcroft Farm, Cliffe, comprising pillboxes, transport buildings and military supply buildings. |
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Summary
Brick and concrete anti tank blockhouse to the north of Cliffe Woods near Eastcroft Farm. Identified during a 1994 assessment of Thames Gateway Defence Sites. English Heritage 2014 assessment confirmed that a pillbox, a military support building and a row of garages remain.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7363 7401 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Brick and concrete construction. West side of town. (1)
This feature was recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. The report states: "Two Second World War reinforced concrete artillery pillboxes (brick-shuttered) at right angles to each other but not apparently interconnected. 20m west of Town Road to the north of Cliffe Woods and to the west of the anti-tank ditch. Aerial photographs taken in May 1944 show the pillboxes within a military installation with five military support buildings. Condition: The support buildings were removed by 1947 while the two pillboxes were visible on aerial photographs until at least April 2007. Buildings were constructed on the site by September 2013 (Google Earth). A May 2015 field visit, from the public highway, confirmed that a pillbox, one of the buildings, and a row of garages seem to remain". (2)
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<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> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <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) |
