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Monument details

Summary

Second World War concrete defensive pillbox (Type 24) built in 1940 in a field west of Buckland Road, near its junction with Lillechurch and Gore Green Roads, Higham. It was demolished c. 1960.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (Destroyed 1960, Modern - 1940 AD? to 1944 AD?)

Full description

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Second World War concrete defensive pillbox (Type 24, thin-walled version) built in a field west of Buckland Road, near its junction with Lillechurch and Gore Green Roads, Higham. It was one of three anti-invasion pillboxes sited to command this junction and to impede enemy vehicle access. Built in 1940 and demolished in about 1960.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The site of the former pillbox is within fenced farmer's field
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 28/02/06

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. The report states: "A possible Second World War pillbox seen to the north-west of Buckland Road at the southern edge of the orchards of Little Oakleigh. Condition: Recorded on aerial photographs but May 2015 field visits suggests it has been removed." (2)

Smith, V.T.C., 01/01/60, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13726.

Smith, V.T.C., 01/01/60, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13726.

<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.

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